Landfill Disposals Tax statistics: July to September 2018

This statistical release presents official statistics for Landfill Disposals Tax.

These initial estimates for Quarter 2 are provisional. We will revise these estimates in the next statistics publication.

Key points

For material disposed as waste to landfill for the period July to September:

• There were 360 thousand tonnes of authorised disposals, a fall of 10 per cent from the previous quarter. This was driven by falls in lower rate disposals and relieved or discounted material.
• These disposals resulted in £13.7m of tax due, a rise of 19 per cent from the previous quarter. This was largely due to an increase in standard rate disposals by a small number of landfill site operators.
• 88 thousand tonnes of relieved or discounted material was disposed of, resulting in £0.2m tax relieved.
• During the period covered in this release, there were 18 authorised landfill site operators covering 24 sites. 

During the period covered in this release, there were 18 authorised landfill site operators covering 24 sites.