Published 12 May 2021 at 14.34
Domestic. A plastic-free bag that is degradable and can be used up to 50 times should still be taxed as a plastic bag – because it looks like one. It appears from a new verdict, reports Tidningen Näringslivet.
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Helsingborgsföretaget Gaia has developed the so-called Gaia box, which consists of renewable raw materials, with the help of tens of millions in grants from the EU's environmental program LIFE.
When the tax on plastic carrier bags was introduced last year, Gaia adapted its reusable bag and had it approved as a reusable carrier by the state research institute RISE for use at least 50 times.
But in January, the Tax Court decided that the Gaia bag should be taxed because it does not differ in appearance from ordinary plastic bags. And now the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that the Tax Court is right.
– It is clean for the forest and in principle takes the brunt of our entire development of environmentally friendly plastic bags. Since the 1970s, I have worked to produce materials that are as good as plastic but more environmentally friendly. And now that I have managed to do something really good, they kick my legs off, says Åke Rosén, founder of Gaia BioMaterials, to Tidningen Näringslivet.