Economy Minister Roberto
Gualtieri said Wednesday that the government is working on a new
plan to make plastic use sustainable in Italy.
"We have started to work on a national sustainable plastic
plan," Gualtieri said via Twitter.
"The first meeting took place yesterday at the economy
ministry with the industry ministry, the environment ministry,
the whole sector, trade unions and local bodies in order to
reduce consumption of single-use plastic and promote recycling".
The 2020 budget bill features a tax on plastic, although the
government is amending it after criticism from businesses.
Sources said Wednesday that the tax will be revamped, with a
70% reduction in the forecast yield and measures aimed at
encouraging recycling, reusing and innovation beefed up.
This would see recycled plastic and plastic used for syringes
and medical packaging made exempt from the tax.
However, the centrist Italia Viva (IV) party said the plastic
tax should be scrapped completely, adding that it will present
an amendment to this effect.
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