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A report on Finnish waste management suggests that waste taxation is considered<br />

not to have contributed much to waste prevention. 962 Figure 52-6 shows that<br />

changes in tax rates have had little effect on waste quantities, with the possible<br />

exception <strong>of</strong> the rise which took place in 2000. However, other rises do not seem to<br />

have had a significant impact.<br />

Figure 52-6: <strong>Waste</strong> Quantities and Tax Rates in Finland<br />

Source: Christian Fischer (2008) The Use <strong>of</strong> Landfill and Incineration <strong>Waste</strong> Taxes in<br />

Selected EU Countries, Presentation to EU-Asia Sustainable <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />

Cycle, CBPIII, 17 April 2008.<br />

A report for the Dutch Ministry <strong>of</strong> the Environment on the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> landfill<br />

taxation concluded that ‘The implementation <strong>of</strong> the tax does not seem to have a<br />

direct effect on the level <strong>of</strong> household waste’. 963<br />

Since 2000, in the Flanders Region <strong>of</strong> Belgium there has been a ban on the landfilling<br />

<strong>of</strong> untreated municipal waste. Subsequently, the amount <strong>of</strong> household waste in<br />

Flanders has ceased increasing. In 2002, it decreased by 0.2% and in 2003 by 3.4%.<br />

Major factors behind these figures are the widespread availability <strong>of</strong> separate<br />

962 EIONET: European Topic Centre on Resource and <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (2007) Finland <strong>Waste</strong><br />

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

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

963 H. Bartelings, P. van Beukering, O. Kuik, V. Linderh<strong>of</strong>, F. Oosterhuis, L. Brander and A. Wagtendonk<br />

(2005) Effectiveness <strong>of</strong> Landfill Taxation, R-05/05, Report Commissioned by Ministerie von VROM,<br />

November 24, 2005.<br />

769<br />

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

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