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Waste sector economics
The waste sector is economically controlled by three main factors:
- Fiscal instruments
- Waste management fees
- Gate fees at waste facilities (including landfills)
These three factors and their impact are described on the following pages under the headlines Fiscal instruments, Waste management fees and Gate fees.
The fiscal instrument of waste taxes has a direct impact on the gate fees, which are reflected in the waste management fee. This also applies to the taxes on heat produced from waste and on SO2, although the impact of these taxes on the gate fees and consequently on the waste management fees depends partly on how the incineration plants have chosen to distribute their energy production on electricity and heat and partly on how efficient the cleaning of SO2 in the flue gas is.
Waste management fees / gate fees must be cost based. The municipalities and the waste management companies cannot exert an influence on the consumers’ – the waste producers’ – behaviour pattern through fiscal instruments. This possibility is only open at national level, i.e. to Parliament and the Government.
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