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incineration facilities produce electricity and, if so, how efficiently. For facilities<br />

without electrical production, the tax is € 49 (SEK 487) per tonne, which would then<br />

decrease with increased electricity production. At 15 per cent electricity production,<br />

the tax is approx. € 8.3 (SEK 83) per tonne, at 20 per cent approx € 7.6 (SEK 76) per<br />

tonne. After the introduction <strong>of</strong> the tax material recycling, including biological<br />

treatment, has increased from 34.6 per cent to 48.7 per cent and waste -to-energy<br />

has increased from 38.1 to 46.4 per cent.<br />

As with other Northern European countries there are substantial district heating<br />

systems in place in Sweden. The evolution <strong>of</strong> the policies have been firstly to reduce<br />

landfilling and to promote the use <strong>of</strong> RDF as a fuel for the heating systems, then to<br />

incentivise more efficient operation <strong>of</strong> incinerators and moreover to promote<br />

materials recycling and MBT facilities as they become economically viable. In all<br />

cases the costs <strong>of</strong> disposal <strong>of</strong> the least attractive options was made more expensive.<br />

Both the landfill ban <strong>of</strong> waste with TOC greater than 10% and the incineration tax<br />

based on fossil carbon content require measurements or assumptions to be made<br />

regarding these values. This could make the implementation and monitoring <strong>of</strong> the<br />

systems more difficult to manage.<br />

52.2.4.15 Czech Republic<br />

Act 188/2004 Coll. Is the implementing policy in the Czech Republic that deals with<br />

the handling and disposal <strong>of</strong> wastes. 942 Policies in place are:<br />

755<br />

� A levy on landfilling introduced in 1991. The holder <strong>of</strong> waste pays a levy when<br />

depositing waste in a landfill. This fee consists <strong>of</strong> two components:<br />

• the basic fee; and<br />

• the risk-based fee.<br />

The basic fee applies to all categories <strong>of</strong> waste (and is differentiated into two<br />

levels, one for municipal and other non-hazardous waste, and the other for<br />

hazardous waste). The risk component <strong>of</strong> the fee is paid only for hazardous<br />

waste. The operator <strong>of</strong> the landfill transfers the collected revenue to the<br />

collectors, i.e. the municipality in whose cadastre the landfill is located (basic<br />

component) and SEF CR (risk component). The basic fee, that includes<br />

municipal waste, has risen steadily since implementation, and is now at €16<br />

per tonne, and is set to rise 25% to €20 in 2009.<br />

52.2.4.16 Estonia<br />

The relevant legislation is the <strong>Waste</strong> Act (RT1 I 2004, 9, 52) 2004. 943 Its main<br />

features are:<br />

942 EIONET: European Topic Centre on Resource and <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (2007) Czech Republic<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Factsheet, Accessed 16 th October 2008,<br />

http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/facts/factsheets_waste/Czech_Republic<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes

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