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Note: Belgium: average for Flanders and Wallonia, lower level applies to non-combustible waste, higher level to combustible waste. France: tax rate depends on landfill design. Slovakia: tax ranges from 11 to 33 euro per tonne (EUR/tonne) depending on the share of separately collected municipal waste in a municipality. Slovenia: tax applies to treatment residues of municipal waste. Poland, Spain: lower level applies to outputs of Mechanical-Biological Treatment plants, higher level to untreated municipal waste. Italy: taxes are defined by the regions within the nationally defined range. Malta has no landfill tax, but landfill gate fees apply to mixed waste deposited at public waste management facilities, which is set to increase from 40 EUR/tonne in 2023 up to 120 EUR/tonne in 2027. EU average: simple average of all Member States applying landfill taxes. Further details are described in the Technical note.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/overview-of-landfill-taxes-on or scan the QR code.
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