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The Local Government Association (LGA) is urging a return of £1.8 billion in landfill tax revenue to local councils to help them boost recycling capacity.
Over three three-year period through 2011, local councils will pay the government £1.8 billion in landfill tax, or approximately £30 of each household’s average annual council tax bill, according to LGA figures recently released.
The LGA is calling for the government to return this revenue to local councils to enable them to invest in initiatives aimed at reducing waste and increasing recycling capacity.
Paul Bettison, the chairman of the LGA environmental board, noted that the association was lobbying the government to ring-fence the revenue so that it is only used for waste-reduction and recycling efforts.
“What we have at the moment is a tax within a tax,” Bettison said. “We want to see that money come back to the councils, if necessary ring-fenced so then money can only go on recycling machines and anaerobic digesters.”
Previously, landfill tax revenue was ring-fenced for waste-reduction initiatives, but that use was scrapped last year by the government, prompting numerous business groups to criticise the government for reneging on its commitment.
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