WEST Australians will pay $25 more for waste services with a 300 per cent rise in the Government's Landfill Levy being passed on to consumers from July 1.
The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, which controls Red Hill Waste Management Facility, included the increase in its 2009-10 waste fees and charges adopted on May 21.
The increase was decided by the State Government in its State Budget on May 14, taking the levy from $7 per tonne to $28 per tonne.
The increase was designed to create a disincentive to dispose of waste to landfill and encourage the reuse or recycling of waste.
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I am ashamed of the reporters of Perth Now and the Sunday Times, with these kind of headlines they make it a big drama to pay only $ 25 more for a better world!!! The fees are lowest in the country!
Update 3 June:
Landfill levy opens can of worms on recycling
One of the major concerns with the DEC now getting the lion’s share of the levy fee without having even to pay lip service to the Waste Authority is the incentive for that agency to encourage landfill rather than recycling.
After all, why would the DEC try to divert material away from landfill and into recyclables when its general budget is so dependent on the levy?
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