Law 7/2022, of April 8th, on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy, published in the Spanish Official State Gazette on April 9th, regulates two new environmental taxes whose purpose is to reduce the generation of waste and improve the management of waste whose generation cannot be avoided.
• The Special Tax on non-reusable plastic packaging, and
• The tax on the deposit of waste in landfills, incineration, and coincineration of waste.
They will enter into force on January 1, 2023.
Source Grant Thornton
