Why is glass being penalised? It's one of the few materials that can easily be reuse or recycled.
On that note, why don't these companies that use glass bottles group up to form a reuse organisation. All of them buy into it, the organisation would collect empties, clean and return them to the manufacturers.
No need to recycle.
Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms | Food & drink industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/20/packaging-tax-price-everyday-items-uk-firms--extended-producer-responsibility