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Waste Disposal reforms for SMEs

The Federation of Small Businesses is calling for the government to review their waste management policy “once and for all.”

A recent survey showed that 95% of small firms would recycle more if they had better access to facilities. However, the Landfill Trading Allowance scheme distorts the market for SMEs, who often are forced to spend up to 4% of their annual turnover disposing of waste.

The announcement that local authorities are to be encouraged to open up household waste and recycling centres have been met with a positive response from small businesses, who have often found themselves at the mercy of an uncompetitive waste and recycling market.

Pauline Osborne, FSB North East Chairman reacted positively to the news, stating:

“We are pleased that Defra is going to disband the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme as this is an area that the FSB has called to be reformed for some time.”

“The scheme distorted the market for waste and recycling services acting as a disincentive for local authorities to offer commercial waste collection services to the smallest firms and allowing private companies to charge an inflated price.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .