According to media reports, the Irish government after careful consideration and finally refused to product packaging tax. The Irish government officials think, product packaging tax levy is too high a price to pay, if handled improperly, will also affect the development of domestic commerce, economy.
Recently, the environmental protection conference in dublin. During the meeting, the Irish environment, community and local affairs minister Phil Hogan on behalf of the government to read about rejected product packaging tax levy resolution.
Hogan said the government refused to product packaging, the main reason is because of the high taxation cost considerations. "On the one hand, the introduction of a complete set of tax scheme not only cumbersome procedures, and costly. Whether it is the legislative procedure or public management or business trade, any link will increase the additional spending. On the other hand, little environmental benefits brought about by the product packaging tax levy. So far, the Irish product packaging recycling business has been doing very well, therefore, no need to through the tax revenue of the compulsory means for environmental value "Hogan said.
It is reported that the resolution of the Irish government has been the strong support of the community. A professor of economics at the University College of Dublin, believes that the collection of product packaging tax cost and the resulting environmental benefit is proportional to, so there is no need to.
In addition, the resolution also got Irish packaging recycling organizations strongly support REPAK. REPAK said Ireland product packaging recycling supervision without relying on the law and economic means. In the premise of no tax, regeneration of Irish packaging recycling rate has increased from 15% in 1998 to 2011 72%.