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Legislation: A Guide To Your Waste

3. Landfill Tax.

The Government has employed financial pressures to try and shift waste producers away from the existing reliance on landfill. Since its foundation in 1999, landfill tax has risen every year. In April 2007 when landfill tax was £24 per tonne, the chancellor announced in his budget speech that the landfill tax escalator will increase from £3 per tonne to £8 per tonne each year for the foreseeable future, from 1st April 2008. This means that in 2010, only 3 years later, the landfill tax doubled to £48 per tonne. It is therefore obvious that landfill is becoming an every increasingly expensive option. This strategy will help encourage waste producers to reduce the amount of waste they throw away, promote recycling initiatives and make it more financially attractive for the waste industry to invest in new innovative waste treatment methods.

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