To help reduce amount of waste being land filled, to promote re-use and recycling, and provide funding for researchใ
A weight-based tax applies to commercial, industrial, and municipal waste.
Presently, generates between 500 and 600 million GBP annually.
There are two tax rates: a lower rate of GBP 2 per tonne for inert/inactive waste (typically construction waste) and standard rate to all other types of waste, originally GBP 7 per tonne, increasing by GBP 1 per tonne each year.