By BusinessWorld
The Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) said it is seeking to clarify which plastics will be categorized as single-use and subject to a proposed tax.
“It is a good environmental (measure) but our biggest concern right now is which plastics (are taxable)… There are plastics which are 30% degradable and even 50% degradable,” PRA President Roberto S. Claudio told reporters recently.
“We want more clarity and they need to define (more clearly) what single-use means,” he added, asking whether the tax applies to recyclable plastic.
At his second State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appealed to Congress to focus on tax measures, including an excise tax on single-use plastics.
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