Question 13307 — taxes and duties

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Mrs. Marie Tamarelle-Verhaeghe draws the attention of the Secretary of State, to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the question of the impact of cigarette butts on the environment. A report by scientists at Imperial College London published in early October 2018 shows that the 6 trillion cigarettes produced each year influence climate change, water pollution and acidification soils. Cigarette smoke is therefore responsible for 0.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Following the submission of this report, the Brussels region sent a letter to tobacco manufacturers on Monday October 8, 2018, inviting them to contribute to the costs linked to the collection of cigarette butts, in order to enforce the polluter pays principle. The French Government had decided to take up the subject before the submission of this report by integrating manufacturers into the reflection aimed at better treating the 80 million cigarette butts thrown on the ground daily. During a first meeting with tobacco manufacturers on June 14, 2018, they were invited to formulate proposals for commitments for the start of the school year in order to fight against cigarette butt pollution. On the sidelines of a new meeting scheduled for Friday October 5, 2018, The Secretary of State regretted in a press release that “the information transmitted to the ministry remains focused on information measures” and renounces any quantified commitment both in terms of financing and results objectives. In this same press release, it threatened to create, within the framework of the future circular economy law, a sector with extended producer responsibility, which would amount to setting up a sector responsible for the collection and recycling of cigarette butts, financed by an eco-contribution from manufacturers. Thus, it would like to know what are the deadlines for the solutions it is considering to put in place and enforce this polluter-pays principle, which will make it possible to fight cigarette butt pollution more effectively.

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