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Landfill Tax was introduced in 1996 by Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment, John Gummer, and was the UK's first environmental tax. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The tax is seen as a key mechanism in enabling the UK to meet its targets set out in the Landfill Directive for the landfilling of biodegradable waste.
The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 [3] provides the legal framework for the scheme and for the allocation of tradable landfill allowances to each waste disposal authority in England. These allowances will convey the right for a waste disposal authority to landfill a certain amount of biodegradable municipal waste in a specified scheme year.
The scheme was established by the Landfill Tax Regulations in 1996. [1] The LTCS was designed to help mitigate the effects of landfill upon local communities. It encourages partnerships between landfill operators, their local communities and the voluntary and public sectors. Since 2014, a similar scheme operates in relation to Scottish Landfill ...
Landfill operators who also use their site for recycling, incineration or sorting waste can apply to have the relevant area designated a tax-free site. The tax is administered by HM Revenue & Customs (and is known as the landfill tax) and it has been estimated that the tax will raise approximately £500m a year for the exchequer. The scope of ...
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The EU has introduced a number of directives which determine the targets of UK domestic recycling policy: The 1999 Landfill Directive is one of the most important of these, which demands a reduction in the amount of waste being sent to landfill from 11.2 million tonnes in 2010 to 7.46 million tonnes in 2013 [14] [15]
Hawkish residents questioned why Republic Services Inc. — a multi-billion-dollar waste disposal company — wanted tax-free funding for a project at its Arlington landfill. The $59B owner of a ...
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