Expanding the country's landfill levy flat rate from $20 a tonne possibly up to $140 a tonne is too blunt a tool, according to John Pask, a Business NZ economist and former member of the Waste Advisory Board.
He was commenting on a Coalition proposal to increase the levy on landfill dumping
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