The 2018/19 financial year was a strong one for the UK waste and resource management industry, with our top 20 largest companies generating sales of £7.4bn, roughly 3.5 per cent higher than the previous year (£7.1bn). Positive top-line growth has come in spite of continuing overseas offtake issues. Some alternatives have been found to the Chinese market, but the implementation of a waste import tax in the Netherlands - one of the largest markets for UK waste, at more than one million tonnes a year - will lead to further market pressure once it comes into force in January 2020.
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