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<p>A number of respondents to last year’s call for evidence on single use plastic
waste suggested that an incineration tax could discourage incineration and promote
more environmentally beneficial forms of waste management.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the
Chancellor announced that he would not at this point be taking forward a tax on the
incineration of waste. However, should wider policies not deliver the government’s
waste ambitions, government will consider the introduction of such a tax, in conjunction
with landfill tax, taking account of the possible impacts on local authorities.</p>
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