LANDFILL: (scroll down for landfill tax rates) The letsrecycle.com landfill, energy from waste (EfW), and refused derived fuel (RDF export) price indicators are available in the drop down menu above right. The landfill rate price indicators are for gate fees into landfill for a range of standard waste materials. Prices are also shown with landfill tax added – landfill tax rates for England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. Inert or inactive landfill fees are lower than the price paid for landfill standard material, letsrecycle.com does not publish gate fees for inert material. An HMRC guide landfill tax is available here.
ENERGY FROM WASTE: Prices shown are gate-fees for mixed waste supplied to larger energy from waste plants. Gate-fees will vary in terms of the volume of material supplied, contract length and location. Sometimes the contract includes a contribution towards infrastructure construction. Higher gate fees will be charged for hazardous and other special wastes at appropriate treatment facilities.
REFUSE DERIVED FUEL (RDF) is a mixture of shredded materials such as paper, plastics and wood from the municipal or commercial waste stream. Prices shown are for material collected ex works (ie. collected by the buyer) from the company preparing the baled waste which is often sent for energy recovery in Holland, Sweden or Germany. Some RDF is used in the UK. A higher grade of RDF is known as SRF – solid recovered fuel. Preparation of RDF can incur a cost of £15+ to cover sorting, baling, wrapping. We do not show SRF price indicators – gate fees for SRF are lower than for RDF although SRF costs more to produce. The gate-fee for RDF depends on factors such as contract duration, spot prices, quality and calorific value (CV).
Landfill Tax rates
ENGLAND
| Landfill Tax £ per tonne (England & Northern Ireland) |
From 1 April 2024 | From 1 April 2023 | From 1 April 2022 | From 1 April 2021 | From 1 April 2020 |
| Standard rate | 103.70 | 102.10 | 98.60 | 96.70 | 94.15 |
| Lower rate | 3.30 | 3.25 | 3.15 | 3.10 | 3.00 |
| Landfill Tax £ per tonne (England & NI) |
From 1 April 2019 | From 1 April 2018 | From 1 April 2017 | From 1 April 2016 | From 1 April 2015 |
| Standard rate | 91.35 | 88.95 | 86.10 | 84.40 | 82.60 |
| Lower rate | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.60 |
Earlier UK landfill tax rates were: October 1996 £7; 1999 £10; 2000 £11; 2001 £12; 2002, £13; 2003 £14; 2004, £15; 2005, £18; 2006 £21; 2007 £24; 2008 £32; 2009 £40; 2010 £48; 2011 £56; 2012 £64; 2013 £72/£2.50; 2014 £80/2.50
SCOTLAND:
In 2015 the Scottish Landfill Tax (SLfT) came into force.
| SLfT £ per tonne | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 |
| Standard | 98.60 | 96.70 | 94.15 | 91.35 |
| Lower | 3.15 | 3.10 | 3.00 | 2.90 |
In 2018/19 the SLfT was £88.95/2.80
WALES:
From April 2018 Wales set its own landfill tax, known as the Landfill Disposals Tax (LDT).
| LDT Wales £ per tonne | 2021/2022 | 2020/2021 | 2019/2020 |
| Standard | 96.70 | 94.15 | 91.70 |
| Lower | 3.10 | 3.00 | 2.80 |
| Unauthorised disposal rate | 145.05 |
In Wales in 2018/19 the LDT was £88.95/2.80
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