Although the concern to fill the shopping cart is real and the VAT reduction on the products that increased the most in 2022 has given us a break, there are many issues that concern us in this area, such as sustainability when it comes to Go shopping.
Taking the bags from home was the first step and another has just been taken with which our purchase can be even more sustainable and care about the environment, since we can take our reusable containers to the purchase also when we go to the butcher or fishmonger.
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The Government has carried out the approval of the Royal Decree 1055/2022, of December 27, on packaging and packaging waste. The law entered into force on January 1 in order to reduce the production and use of packaging and with the final objective of “advancing in the implementation of the circular economy and reaching the new recycling targets for 2025 and 2030”.
This new law forces establishments to accept that users bring their tupperware or any reusable container from home to make their purchases at the butcher or fishmonger, something that until now could only be done in greengrocers. The establishment will weigh the container and thus the consumer will only pay for the weight of their purchasebut what can happen is that businesses veto the packaging.
In the words of the Government “the containers may be rejected by the merchant if they are obviously dirty or are not adequate, being exempt from responsibility for food safety problems that could arise from the use of the containers provided by consumers”.
The opinion of the OCU regarding the law on packaging and packaging waste
For the Organization of Consumers and Users, the OCU, this standard is “unambitious”and fears that these obligations that now weigh on producers and businesses, end up assuming an extra cost for consumers.
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Although the measure is positive and represents a response to society’s demand, the OCU affirms that it is necessary to achieve more sustainable alternatives that are “accessible and affordable” and build an efficient recycling infrastructure that supports all social demand.
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This is what the OCU thinks that there is a law that allows us to take our taper when buying in butchers and fishmongers
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by Anabel Palomares.