This time next week, we should know the immediate future for landfill tax. Chancellor George Osborne's Budget is surely the last opportunity left for the Government to spell out what happens after the escalator reaches its destination of ?80 per tonne from next month. Opinion is divided about what to do next. On the one hand, a group of plastic manufacturers called in November for the tax to be increased to ?200. On the other, local government leaders want the rate frozen, arguing that the tax hits the pockets of individual households to the tune of ?30 a year and they also want more of the proceeds diverted to community recycling.
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