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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Waste disposal levy - Levy must be paid

27: Rate of levy

You could also call this:

"How much you pay for throwing away waste"

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The levy is paid on the waste sent to a disposal facility. You pay the levy at the prescribed rate, if there is one. If there is no prescribed rate, you pay $10 for each tonne of waste, or $10 for each unit of volume that is equal to a tonne, not including goods and services tax.

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Part 3Waste disposal levy
Levy must be paid

27Rate of levy

  1. The levy is payable on the amount of waste disposed of at a disposal facility—

  2. at the prescribed rate; or
    1. if the rate is not prescribed, at the rate (exclusive of goods and services tax) of—
      1. $10 per tonne; or
        1. $10 per unit of volume that, in accordance with regulations made under this Part, is considered equivalent to a tonne.