Cost of landfill
Every year since April 2001 landfill tax has risen at a rate of £3 a tonne. From April 2008, the landfill tax for waste going to landfill, is to rise by £8 a tonne, each year for the next three years. By 2010/11 landfill tax will be at £48 a tonne.
See www.defra.gov.uk for more information.
