EEA recommends radical shift to green taxation

摘要

The European Environment Agency (EEA) is calling for a fiscal revolution by boosting "green" taxation. In its paper on environmental fiscal reform (EFR), EEA also recommends getting rid of environmentally harmful subsidies to raise revenues in cash-strapped countries. The paper, which uses Portugal as an example of what can be achieved through EFR, suggests increasing the tax rate on waste, taxing single use plastic bags and introducing a complementary tax on beverage packaging to minimise packaging.