MukAway sets out the savings as landfill tax on clean muck rises 69%
The lower rate hits £14.60 a tonne in April 2027. MukAway’s figures show site-to-site reuse saves £40,418 on a 1,000 m³ job.
MukAway has published a cost comparison showing what contractors and housebuilders will pay to send clean, naturally occurring material to landfill once the lower rate of landfill tax rises from £8.65 to £14.60 a tonne on 1 April 2027.
The 69% rise was confirmed in the Budget. On an 18-tonne wagon, the tax climbs from £155.70 to £262.80 a load. That is £30.92 a cubic metre in tax alone, before haulage and gate fees.
MukAway modelled a 1,000 m³ job with a 25-mile journey. With £20 a cubic metre for haulage, sending the material to landfill costs £50.92 a cubic metre from April, or £50,918 for the job.
On the MukAway platform, the site giving the material away (the donor) and the site taking it (the receiver) split the haulage. Each pays £10.50 a cubic metre, including MukAway’s 5% commission, and no landfill tax applies.
That leaves the donor £40,418 better off on a single job, 79.4% cheaper than landfill. The tax rise alone adds £12,600 to the landfill route.
“Clean, naturally occurring material should not be heading to landfill, and from April it costs more than ever when it does. Commercial teams that take control of their spoil early and forecast their movements will keep that money in their margin,” said Fraser Linaker, chief executive of MukAway.
More than 130 companies now subscribe to MukAway, and the platform has saved its customers over £1.4m through site-to-site reuse. Material matches are rising every week as more sites join.
The new rate takes effect on 1 April 2027.
The big details
Lower-rate landfill tax today: £8.65 a tonne
From 1 April 2027: £14.60 a tonne (up 69%)
Example job: 1,000 m³, 25-mile journey, 18 tonnes / 8.5 m³ per load
Landfill from April 2027: £50.92/m³ (£30.92 tax + £20.00 haulage)
MukAway: £10.50/m³ per party (50% haulage share + 5% commission)
Donor saving: £40,418 on the job (79.4%)
Not included: gate fees, VAT, testing, documentation and other compliance costs
About MukAway: MukAway is a UK digital platform for soil classification, material exchange, haulage and waste compliance, from MA EnviroTech Group. mukaway.com
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