Landfill Tax rates have increased across the UK from 1 April 2018.  The tax has been further extended to include disposals at unauthorised waste sites in England and Northern Ireland.

From April 2018 the Welsh Government now has its own powers to set the Landfill Tax for Wales which is known as the Landfill Disposals Tax (LDT). Scotland continues to have its own landfill tax and is known as the Scottish Landfill Tax (SLfT). Scotland already levies the tax on unauthorised disposal sites and Wales has provision to do this also.

From 1 April 2018, Landfill Tax is changing to include disposals at unauthorised waste sites in England and Northern Ireland. The changes in the system have been put in place with an aim to support legitimate waste management businesses by creating a fairer tax system and be a deterrent to causing environmental harm by disposing of material at an unauthorised waste site.