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Anup Shah, public sector partner at Deloitte, comments on today’s Pre Budget Report announcement that landfill taxes will rise next year:
"The pre budget report confirms that rises in landfill tax next year will be in line with expectations (an increase of £3 per tonne to £24 per tonne), but highlights that steeper rises are being considered for the future.
"Steeper rises will encourage the private sector to divert waste from landfill sites via alternative treatment facilities, which the current levels of tax are insufficient to do. Further demand for treatment plants would help local authorities in procuring plants, as private sector waste could be included alongside municipal waste. At present, local authorities have to procure on the basis of their own waste alone and given economies of scale this doesn't this always deliver value for money.
"The increase in landfill tax will also encourage the building of more speculative merchant plants (private sector waste management plants)."
"Whilst there's a lot of activity around the municipal waste agenda, this accounts for only 10% of waste in the UK. Current government policy considers municipal and commercial waste quite separately, although current consultation has questioned whether this is the right approach.
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