Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Green Budget – at a glance


The speech may have been lacking in green substance, but the full budget report still contained a handful of important low carbon commitments

The Treasury today confirmed that landfill tax will increase by £8 per tonne each year from 1 April 2011 until at least 2014.

There will also be a floor imposed under the standard rate of £80 per tonne, to ensure that the rate will not fall below £80 per tonne from April 2014 until at least 2020.

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