I have only just read this news article and will have an update on exactly what what waste is going to be hit with extra landfill tax and what impact the new green tax increase will have on our prices.
There are many materials being recycled now and maybe discounts on waste which is separated before collection is the answer, unfortunately this method would not be so easy for the skip companies as they do not see what goes into their skips.
http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9731099.Skip_companies_fear_closure_due_to_landfill_tax_increase/?ref=mr
Barnet skip companies fear closure due to landfill tax increase
5:30pm Monday 28th May 2012 in News
By Natalie O'Neill
Employers say the new landfill tax rate means they are being forced to pay more to tip waste than they can be expected to charge customers to shift it.
Last Friday Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced waste transfer stations will now be charged £64 a tonne for inert material, such as dust and stones, rather than the previous lower rate of £2.50.
Arthur Lawrence, 34, has owned his skip company KSR Skips in Barnet for more than six years but fears the end of his business is imminent.
“I’ve hired out 70-80 skips out to customers for £170 but I could now be charged £300-500 to tip each one.”
Looking to the future, Mr Lawrence worries very few people would be willing to pay hundreds of pounds more to hire a skip.
He said: “At the moment not a lot of people have even got £170 to pay us for a skip never mind £3-500. You’ll end up seeing people fly-tipping.”
Mr Lawrence’s father, Cliff Lawrence, 62, has just spent £15,000 on setting up his own skip hire company in Potters Bar and Radlett.
Steve Jones has been running Jones Skip Hire Ltd for four years. He said: “It’s going to cost me around £15-20,000 to get my skips in. I’ve got 90 out there at the moment. I’m concerned I’m going to have to shut up shop.”
A spokesman for HMRC said: “HMRC responded to concerns expressed by landfill operators that some companies were not paying the right rate of tax and in the process disadvantaging those who paid the correct rate.
“We have addressed this anomaly by issuing fresh guidance to ensure a level playing field for all businesses working in landfill.”