Biffaward

Landfill Tax and the Landfill Communities Fund

Any rubbish that is thrown away and cannot be recycled ends up in a landfill site. Operators of landfill sites pay tax on each tonne of landfill. The purpose of this tax is to make it more expensive to put waste into landfill, encouraging us to reduce our waste and recycle more.

A small proportion of this tax can be used to support a wide range of environmental projects near landfill sites, through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). Biffaward is part of the LCF. The LCF is regulated by ENTRUST.
The LCF was formerly known as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.

Find out more about the benefits of the scheme at:

www.entrust.org.uk/home/lcf

ENTRUST

On behalf of HM Revenue and Customs, ENTRUST acts to regulate all activity that takes place under the Landfill Communities Fund.  All recipients of funding from Biffaward must be enrolled with ENTRUST as an Environmental Body (except for the Small Grants Scheme, where RSWT acts as the EB). 

Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT)

Biffaward is managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.  As well as  operating as   an umbrella group for the 47 local Wildlife Trusts that have been formed across the UK, RSWT has a dedicated Grants Unit that manages several different funds, covering a broad environmental theme.The Unit does this on behalf of other organisations, such as Biffa Waste Services and the BIG Lottery Fund.

www.rswt.org

Biffa Waste Services

Biffa Waste Services Limited is a part of the Biffa Limited Group of Companies. Biffa Limited is owned by Waste AcquisitionCo Limited, an entity formed by Global Infrastructure Parters (GIP), Montagu Private Equity and UCIL (Uberior Co-Investments Limited). Biffa is one of the largest single suppliers of waste management services in the UK. It collects, treats, recovers and disposes of municipal, commercial and industrial waste nationwide. 

www.biffa.co.uk