Packaging taxes and recycling incentives: the German Green Dot program. (Tax Policy and the Social Agenda) From: National Tax Journal | Date: September 1, 1994| Author: Russo, Ada S.; Shah, Shvetank P. | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Tax Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Green Dot ordinances in Germany have established private responsibility for waste resulting from packaging and manufactured goods. The principle that the producer should pay internalizes the externalities associated with manufacturing. Some companies have banded together to meet recycling obligations and waste management costs together. The increase in recycling has been so pronounced that a glut has been created in some international waste markets. Other nations, such as the US, are consider...

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