‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds

Full VAT on meat products could cost EU households as little as €26 a year but cut impact by 3-6%, says paperThe environmental impacts of meat consumption could be rapidly and cheaply reduced if governments applied full VAT on products such as beef, pork, lamb and chicken, a study has shown.Depending on how the additional tax revenues were redistributed, such a change could cost households as little as €26 (£23) a year, while cutting ecological destruction by between 3% and 6%, the paper found. Continue reading...