Amazon claims EU Vat rules are preventing items from being donated to charity

A briefing note from Amazon to Ms Boylan said the company’s new fulfillment centre in Baldonnel aims to be net zero and that Amazon has invested in three new windfarms which will power 185,000 Irish homes.

Unpurchased usable products can’t be donated to charity by sellers because of EU rules on Vat, Amazon has claimed.

Lynn Boylan’s Dumping New Products Bill 2022 passed the Seanad this week after Government opted not to oppose it. The bill would enable the Government to ban dumping of any usable products and fine those who do. Ms Boylan said the Government’s Circular Economy Bill had 30 of its 70 pages focused on tackling littering by individuals and is a “missed opportunity”.