Fly-Tip of the Iceberg ; 'Green Tax' Helping Environmental Projects, but There Is a Downside Landfill Tax May Be Helping Fund Eco Projects in the Community - but Spiralling Costs Are Putting Firms Under Pressure with Illegal Fly- Tipping, the Unfortunate Side Effect. Kelley Price Finds Out More. Environment

Evening Gazette › August 14, 2008

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LANDFILL tax rises show no signs of slowing and Teesside firms are feeling the pinch.

But a growing number of environmental projects are striking gold on the back of the Government's first green tax on dumping waste.

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Fly-Tip of the Iceberg ; 'Green Tax' Helping Environmental Projects, but There Is a Downside Landfill Tax May Be Helping Fund Eco Projects in the Community - but Spiralling Costs Are Putting Firms Under Pressure with Illegal Fly- Tipping, the Unfortunate Side Effect. Kelley Price Finds Out More. Environment

Every year a small fortune is given away to projects designed to improve those communities living with landfill sites on their doorsteps, under the Landfill Tax Credits scheme.

The tax, which hit in 1996, was an attempt to encourage businesses to fi...

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