DON’T FORGET that landfill tax is about to go up again. As part of the landfill tax escalator – designed to encourage the diversion of waste from landfill – waste disposal costs rise by £8 per tonne each year. When you read this it’ll be £64 [...]
Landfill tax
THE HOSPITALITY sector could have its own dedicated anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to take food waste. It’s just one of a number of options being considered as part of a sector-wide analysis of food waste. The Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum, which has 12,000 [...]
LANDFILL TAX is rising from £56 to £64 per tonne on 1 April 2012. Given that foodservice businesses are thought to be landfilling 1.5 million tonnes a year, this could cost the sector up to £12m extra in landfill costs. The rise in [...]
