Waste trading to ease landfill pressure

The United Kingdom is to introduce a scheme in April 2005 for trading waste allowances between local authorities. Under the scheme councils will be set allowances for the amount of biodegradable waste that they can place in landfill sites. They will be able to trade their allowances with other authorities, selling allowances if their waste has been disposed of by other means such as recycling, and buying allowances if they exceed their landfill limits.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling and waste: Local Authority info: Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/localauth/lats/index.htm

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