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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
other forms of waste management such as recycling.</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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