Petition Introduce a Product Redundancy Tax.

On the principle that the ‘Polluter Pays’ introduce a product redundancy tax based on how repairable a product is and how much of the packaging is recyclable.

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To encourage industry to think about the environmental effects of their products and packaging and to discourage development of designed in obsolescence. For example, if a product is disposable then add a 100% Tax to the cost price. If 50% then 50% tax and so on. All tax raised to be used to subsidise Local authority costs of collection and disposal of waste.

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Date closed 13 April 2021
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