To encourage industry, the Government has introduced increases in the standard rate of landfill tax by £8 per tonne each year until 2013.The tax will reach £48 for each tonne of waste sent to landfill from 1 April next year, climbing to £72 in 2013.rnAnd an increasing number of clients, particularly within the public sector, are asking contractors to deliver to waste reduction targets.The Sustainable Targets for Operation of Government Estate state that departments should cut waste arisings by 5 per cent by 2010, relative to 2004/05 levels, rising to 25 per cent by 2020.
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