Following last week’s budget, many businesses are already looking to set their own budgets for the forthcoming year.
A considerable factor to take into account will be the cost of waste management, as this will increase across the board as from 1st April next year. Landfill tax has been in place since it was introduced on 1 October 1996 as this country’s first tax with an explicit environmental purpose.
When landfill tax increases, all waste facilities use this as an opportunity to increase their prices too, often with energy from waste introducing a similar rise in rates dependent on the area of the UK you are located in.
The table below illustrates the increases over the past few years and also shows the rate that will be applied as from April.
April may seem a fair way off, but now is the time to start futureproofing your business by reviewing your waste management practices – this is where we can help.
We will look at ways to push waste materials up the waste hierarchy, reusing and recycling more and more and reducing the amount of waste leaving your site as General waste for either EfW or Landfill. A strategy like this will save money over time, as we source recycling routes for even your most difficult waste streams We’ll carry out all the legwork for you so all you have to deal with is one point of contact for all waste streams, all legislative advice and ongoing support to implement the changes.
Call us today for a free site waste audit and see how you can make a positive change environmentally, whilst saving money.
