Landfill Tax
Commons · Question 83431 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the total value of landfill tax reclaimed by private landfill operators for (a) cover and (b) fluff material since 2000.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 23 Oct 2025
Landfill Tax was introduced in 1996 as a behavioural tax encouraging the diversion of material away from landfill to reuse and recycling. It has been a key driver behind local authority waste to landfill in England falling by 90% since 2000. HMRC refunded...