GERMANY’s Constitutional Court has upheld a special tax on disposable food and drink packaging levied by the small university city of Tübingen, rejecting a lawsuit brought by a local McDonald’s fast food franchise. The McDonald’s franchise owner had argued that the tax, which applies to products like disposable paper cups, cutlery and straws, violated protections […]

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