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In order to divert waste from landfills, most of the EU Member States apply a form of landfill tax and/or a landfill ban, additionally to the requirements of the Landfill Directive.
You can download a full overview of landfill taxes and bans here. (Last update: 04.12.2017)
In 2017:
Tax rates vary from 3€/t (LT) to more than 100€/t (BE).
*: the Greek landfill tax was suspended for 2017
**: a municipal tax is applied in Luxembourg
In 2017:
***landfill ban: stream banned from landfilling additionally to the requirements of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste