Official Statistics

Five facts about environmental taxes

As the government prepares to announce tax measures aimed at tackling the problem of plastic pollution following the largest response to a call for evidence in the Treasury’s history, we’ve come up with five facts about environmental taxes in the UK.

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UK Environmental Accounts: Focus on waste statistics

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Published 9 October 2018

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