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Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact.

• Overview

  Environmental taxes encourage your business to operate in a more…

• Climate Change Levy

  Climate Change Levy (CCL) is paid at either the: main rates carbon price…

• Capital allowances on energy-efficient items

  You can claim capital allowances when you buy energy efficient, or low or…

• Landfill Tax

  You pay tax on top of your normal landfill fees if your business gets rid…

• Aggregates Levy

  This is a tax on sand, gravel and rock that’s either been: dug from the…

• UK Emissions Trading Scheme

  The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) covers all businesses from…

• Plastic Packaging Tax

  This is a tax on finished plastic packaging components that contain less…

• Updated: 20 September 2021

Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling

Details of EA's energy use in all its buildings and its work to reduce carbon, water use, and waste.

• Updated: 19 October 2015

• Updated: 19 June 2020

Research to support Defra policy

• Updated: 19 September 2023

Market-aligned interventions for cleaner production in the textiles value chain in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Call for Concepts to identify interventions that contribute to reducing waste and manufacturing pollution in the textiles sector in sub-Saharan African and South Asia.

• Updated: 10 November 2022

• Updated: 11 March 2026

Environment Agency regulatory position on storing chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.

• Updated: 8 May 2025

• Updated: 7 November 2022