Polluting households face green taxes

Households that recycle waste and save energy and water would be taxed less under a major fiscal shakeup put forward by an environmental thinktank today.

The proposals, published in a report commissioned by the Green Alliance, were aimed at discouraging people from leading environmentally damaging lifestyles.

They included inefficiency charges on polluting or wasteful products such as disposable batteries, single-use cameras, garden sprinklers and traditional incandescent light bulbs.

The Guardian