New plastic tax underway

A tax aimed to reduce the disposable use of mugs, cutlery and lunch boxes made of plastic: it is proposed in a new inquiry that has been handed over to the Swedish government. But how effective is it to use taxes as a tool to change people’s consumption habits?

Listen to STEPS researcher Fredric Bauer in the radio interview in P1.

Read also researchers’ comments on plastic tax proposition on Lund University’s homepage

Noomi Egan