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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
In a move to encourage consumers to buy more eco-friendly products, France will tax distributors and importers of non-recyclable disposable plates and cutlery; a precursor to wider moves which could include consumer electronics, Reuters reports. France’s Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told Reuters that the “picnic tax,” which would amount to $1.26, would apply to non-recyclable...
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MATTER MAGAZINE (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
The French government is instituting a new tax on non-recyclable disposable plates and silverware. The tax is intended to encourage consumers to purchase eco-friendly products. Jean-Louis Borloo, the French Environment Minister, suggested in an interview with Reuters that the tax could be expanded to consumer electronics. French newspapers are reporting that government officials...
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frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
The cash-strapped French government has found a new way to strip its citizens: the Picnic Tax Edouard Manet: : The Picnic on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1863). Click for bigger Ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo wants to add a 20% tax all disposable articles: plastic cutlery, plates and beakers, but also plastic bags, shrink film and [...]
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Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Basic parameters of France’s feebate system. Click to enlarge. French environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo declared a bonus/malus (“feebate”) system introduced to encourage car buyers to make greener purchase choices a success. According to official figures, sales in France of vehicles...
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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
France's ongoing construction of a nuclear reactor in Flamanville is indicative of a growing global energy trend, officials say.A senior aide to Jean-Louis Borloo, France's minister of ecology, sustainable development and planning, said nuclear energy is becoming more popular worldwide because of rising oil costs and a growing fear about global warming, The New York Times reported...
