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Taxes or Charges in Key Environmental Domains, 2010
Climate change
Fuels / coal /
electricity
GHGs
Motor vehicles
Austria
F/E
P/R
Belgium
F/C/E
R
Czech Republic
F
CO2
Natural
resources
Eco-systems
Air
Soil / Water
Water / fishing
Water effluent
Materials management
Domestic and
hazardous
waste / recycling
DW / Packaging
NOX / CO
Farm land use
W
DW
Beverage
containers
Ozone
Nitrogen / PVC /
pesticides
W
HW / DW
Beverage
containers /
Batteries
Water effluent
W/F
HW / DW
Beverage
containers
Water effluent
W
DW
F
R
Finland
F
P/R
France
F
R
Germany
F
R
Water effluent
W
HW
Greece
F
R
Water effluent
W
DW
Hungary
F/E
R
Water effluent
W
HW / DW
Ireland
F/C/E
P/R
F/E
R
Luxembourg
F/E
R
Netherlands
F/C/E
P/R
Poland
F
Portugal
F
Slovak Republic
F
Spain
F
Denmark
Italy
Methane
Petrol refineries
Various gases
Beverage
containers
DW / Plastic bag
NOX / SO2
Water effluent
W
Oil recycling / DW
Chemical
containers
Water effluent
W/F
DW
Beverage
containers
Forest land use/
water effluent
W/F
HW / Packaging
Beverage and
chemical
containers /
Batteries
F
Packaging
R
R
Depositrefund
Ozone
Water effluent
SOX / NOX
Water effluent
DW
W
HW
Packaging
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Taxes or Charges in Key Environmental Domains, 2010
Climate change
Fuels / coal /
electricity
GHGs
Sweden
CO2
United Kingdom
Norway
CO2 on mineral
products
Switzerland
CO2 on heating
Motor vehicles
E
R
F/C/E
R
P/R
Turkey
F
P/R
Australia
F
P/R
F
R
Japan
F/C
P/R
New Zealand
F
R
United States
F
R
CO2
Air
NOX
Soil / Water
Water / fishing
Water effluent /
pesticides
W
Domestic and
hazardous
waste / recycling
Depositrefund
Beverage
containers
DW
HW / DW
Sulfur / VOC
Beverage and
chemical
containers
DW
Water effluent
Ozone
Materials management
DW
Chemicals /
pesticides /
Water effluent
F
Canada
Natural
resources
Eco-systems
Beverage
containers
F
Water effluent
DW / Oil recycling
Beverage
containers
Beverage
containers /
Batteries
Pesticides /
water effluent
W
DW
SOX
Water effluent
W
DW
Ozone
Water effluent
W
HW / DW
Beverage and
chemical
containers /
Batteries
GHGs: Greenhouse gases,
F: Fuel, C: Coal, E: Electricity, P: Purchase, R: Registration, DW: Domestic waste, HW: Hazardous waste.
PVC: Polyvinyl chloride
VOC: Volatile organic compounds
Source: Serres, Alain de, Farbice Murtin and Giuseppe Nicoletti, A Framework for Assessing Green Growth Policies, OECD Economics Department Working Papers
No. 774, Paris 2010, pp. 16-17.
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