FED:Rubbish collection to rise with carbon tax

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
FED:Rubbish collection to rise with carbon tax

SYDNEY, Aug 1 AAP - The cost of collecting rubbish will increase because of the carbon
tax, the federal opposition says.

Acting Opposition Leader Julie Bishop and treasury spokesman Joe Hockey on Monday added
waste disposal to the long list of goods and services they claim will shoot up under the
carbon pricing scheme.

"Electricity costs will go up and that will impact across the board, water supply,
sewerage and even rubbish collection," Ms Bishop told reporters in Sydney.

"There's confirmation today that landfills and waste dumps will be covered by the carbon tax.

"So even the cost of collecting rubbish will be increased by this carbon tax."

Mr Hockey said it was yet another hidden cost that taxpayers would have to pay.

"The carbon tax will hit landfill and waste disposal just as it will hit councils with
their electricity and gas costs," he said.

"The fundamental problem here is that the government isn't providing any compensation.

"When they say that, for business, the 500 largest emitters, the cost will be greater,
they completely omit the hundreds of councils around Australia that are going to have
increased costs."

Those increased costs would be passed onto every ratepayer, Mr Hockey added.

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