A report recommends the Government consider broadening the levy so it applies to more of the 89% of rubbish tips currently exempt.. Photo by Simon Williams. Introduced in 2009, the levy requires landfill operators to pay $10 per tonne for rubbish dumped on their sites. However, only 11% of New Zealand’s more than 400 landfills pay the levy. The report, released yesterday, says 16.4 % more rubbish has been sent to tips since the levy was last reviewed in 2014 and 6.3% less rubbish has been diverted from landfills for recycling. The report recommends the Government consider broadening the levy so it applies to more of the 89% of rubbish tips currently exempt.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 03, 2017 20:26 UTC