At the initiative of the Czech minister, Petr Hladík, the European environment ministers discussed the possibility of introducing a reduced value added tax (VAT) for recycled or recyclable products at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on Tuesday 20 June. Slovakia, Cyprus, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium and the European Commission are in favour.
“In the European Union, we don’t have enough raw materials or basic resources, so we can’t just use them once and then throw them away;...