Landfill gas fees to drive up rates

smh.com.au: "HOUSEHOLDS face an increase in council rates due to a quirk in the emissions trading scheme which will charge landfill owners for retrospective greenhouse pollution.

From 2018 landfill owners will have to buy permits to cover the greenhouse gas emissions that come not just from newly dumped rubbish but also rubbish that has already been deposited and is still breaking down."