2.1: Recycling and VAT rates: Meet Europeans in search of sustainable solutions
CitizenCentral1 Elo 2022

2.1: Recycling and VAT rates: Meet Europeans in search of sustainable solutions

CitizenCentral returns for a second season! Featuring ‘ReturnthePlastics’ and ‘GreenVAT’ ECIs -- Join us as we talk with two citizen initiatives’ organisers taking different approaches to sustainability and consumer behaviour, as well as three climate and sustainability experts across the EU. Omar Pérez of the ‘ReturnThePlastics’ initiative explains how this group of organisers aim to replicate recycling systems that already exist in several EU countries. As the results of existing systems start to show, their idea is to install an EU-wide deposit scheme to recycle plastic bottles, using reverse vending machines in supermarkets. A big question remains – who should pay for this system? Brigitta Hartmann represents the ‘Green VAT’ initiative, which calls for tax reductions on organic, sustainably produced or environmentally friendly products in Europe. The goal is to both give consumers more choice and encourage companies to rethink how products are produced. But, one might ask, would there still be a tax base if all the products become green?

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3.2: What impact do European Citizens’ Initiatives have? Examples from successful initiatives

3.2: What impact do European Citizens’ Initiatives have? Examples from successful initiatives

EU citizens often ask for examples of the impact of European citizens’ initiatives, so in this episode we take a closer look at three initiatives that reached more than 1 million signatures and receiv...

26 Kesä 202329min

3.1: The ABCs of ‘EU Democracy in Action’ - presenting a European Citizens’ Initiative Toolkit

3.1: The ABCs of ‘EU Democracy in Action’ - presenting a European Citizens’ Initiative Toolkit

In this episode we speak about on-going efforts to make the ECI common European knowledge – starting with high school students. The ‘EU Democracy in Action – Have Your Say with the European Citizens’ ...

1 Kesä 202327min

2.4: For animals, people & planet! Hear from people proposing new solutions to old practices

2.4: For animals, people & planet! Hear from people proposing new solutions to old practices

In this episode of CitizenCentral, animal products are up for discussion with two European citizens’ initiative organisers. They believe modern technologies offer solutions to what they consider old a...

9 Tammi 202328min

2.3: Fair Pay and Fair Play: Meet Europeans campaigning for transparency

2.3: Fair Pay and Fair Play: Meet Europeans campaigning for transparency

Join us in a conversation with three current European citizens’ initiative organisers from the Netherlands, France and Denmark. We hear from the ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’ initiative, the ‘Win it on the...

12 Joulu 202223min

2.2: Citizen lobbyists and future leaders: Hear the voices of young Europeans

2.2: Citizen lobbyists and future leaders: Hear the voices of young Europeans

In this chapter, we hear from a group of Europeans 26-and-under from 9 different EU countries as they share ideas on voting, EU policymaking, citizen activism and the European Citizens’ Initiative. Th...

20 Syys 202223min

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