Entities that opt for recycled and reusable material will be rewarded with the discount
Barcelona will reward entities that bet on the reduction of disposable plastics or single use with a 10% bonus on the public price in 2023.
The 2023 public price ordinance -in relation to the new Barcelona Plàstic Zero objective- has incorporated a discount for businesses that contribute to the objective of minimizing this waste. Thus, this bonus is added to those already existing for the presentation of a sustainability plan.
But who will get this tax credit?
The shops of food, household cleaning and personal hygiene products that sell minimum a third of their products in bulk, with no single-use plastics or in returnable reusable packaging will be rewarded by the bonus.
So will be the butchers, poultry shops, delicatessens, bacon, fish and shellfish and saltfish that serve products in reusable and returnable containers offered by the same establishment or that agree to serve in reusable containers provided by the same customers. These, too, will have to promote in their establishment that they offer the ecological measure.
The bars, cafes and restaurants Those who comply with serving a third of drinks -to-go or in the establishment- or take-away food with reusable or returnable containers also enter the list of bonuses. Also included are takeaway food establishments that use reusable containers.
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So are the hotel establishments that they offer useful bathroom products (soap, gel, shampoo) always in dispensers or in reusable containers for the same establishment. In the event that they offer a restaurant service, hotels that avoid single-dose packaged products will be rewarded.
Non-food trade establishments and local services such as dry cleaners, florists, hairdressers that totally avoid single-use plastics are also collected in the list of bonuses, as the nursing homes or nurseries that they use at least one third of reusable nappies. Other entities with voluntary actions to reduce or eliminate single-use plastics of special relevance that the applicant can sufficiently justify may also benefit.