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Chapter 9: Taxes and Expensive Cost in Maintaining Landfill

Operating and maintaining a landfill is never free, as it always comes with some costs. There is the so called landfill tax or levy, which is the kind of tax being used in other countries to increasing the cost of a landfill. This chapter explains more about landfill tax as well as the cost that goes along with landfill maintenance.

Landfill Tax

As mentioned earlier, landfill tax is the form of tax utilized in some countries to increase the landfill cost. Normally, the tax is being levied within currency units for every unit of volume or weight (£/t, E/t, $/yard³). This tax is complementary to the total landfill cost and forms a part of the gate fee, which is the levied charge on a particular volume of waste delivered to a certain waste processing facility.

A fee or tax might be obligatory on landfills or some other disposal facilities as a way to increase general revenues to produce fund for assessment programs or long term alleviation of environmental effects relevant to disposal. Or, it can be as a way to inhibit disposal through increasing the cost as compared with the ideal alternatives in similar approach as a sin tax or excise.

Landfilling is being discouraged because of several primary reasons. Some of them are:

Climate change because of landfill gas coming from biodegradable waste
Losing of resources
Constraints on places right for landfill areas
Loss of waste landfilled recyclable components
Nimby objections that cause some political concerns

In the majority of cases, establishing landfills is the local government’s responsibility. When the study on environmental impact has been completed, permits should be acquired from the federal, local and state governments. Landfill construction’s cost differs based on application fees, engineering cost and location.

For instance, a landfill within Kentucky would operate about $500,000 up to $1M for the design and application engineer cost, yet the fee does not include the landfill liner’s construction. That would cost around $75,000 for each acre. Normally, the money is increased from municipal bonds or taxes. Hence, it is likely that landfill funding could come from the pockets of taxpayers. The maintenance cost will greatly depend on the maintenance approach used by the operator.

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There are other ways to quickly increase your wealth without getting promoted to CEO as well. For instance, how about looking into working on day each weekend in a small job? It’s not terribly fun but if it’s to fund a dream then it might well be worth it!

Alternatively, you could rent out a room on AirBnB, or you could even let students stay in your property – you can get paid a good amount for this!

In other words, it’s key to recognize once again that your salary is not the only source of income. You can even make a lot of money just by saving better and forgoing some of your current expenses.

Do you drink a coffee on the way into work? That can cost as much as $3-$4 in some cases. SO that’s now $15 a week or $60 a month. You could be $60 a month better off just by kicking that caffeine habit!
Again, this is all about sitting down and recognizing what your priorities are in life. You’re probably doing a whole lot right now just because you’ve always done it. It’s time to change that and to start aiming towards the goals that will actually make you happiest.

The Step Back Technique

The step back technique is a technique that involves thinking about what you want to get from life if you had all the possible resources and success in the world. If even the laws of physics were yours to bend, what would you accomplish?

Nothing is off limits here. Maybe you’d like to be a superhero? Maybe you want to save the world and cure the hungry? Maybe you want to be the next Bill Gates.

Write this down and then apply the ‘step back technique’. That means asking yourself what the closest thing you can possibly accomplish is.

You’ll be surprised at just what you can manage…

You Can Fly!

The title of this book is how you can get everything you want.

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Chapter 5: Simple Breakfast Options to Start the Day Right

So with all that said, it’s time to start learning some easy recipes and meals we can quickly knock together for maximum nutrient density and minimum carb influx!

Why not start with the beginning? With breakfast! Here are a few things you can have for breakfast that will help you start your day with 200-300 calories and will also fortify your body!

Grapefruit

Having a grapefruit for breakfast is a popular move in the Mediterranean and is a great option if you’re losing weight. Grapefruits have very low calories and actually have the added benefit of increasing metabolism to burn more calories!

Despite this almost negative calorie status though, they still provide tons of nutrition in the form of potassium, lycopene, vitamin C and choline! They’re very good for your blood pressure too!

And cutting a grapefruit in half takes approximately 10 seconds…

The Nootropic Cereal

I call this the ‘nootropic cereal’ because it contains several ingredients that can give your brain an energy boost in the morning.

Grab some muesli and add a few grapes, some chopped banana and some sunflower seeds. Keep in a Tupperware and then add some milk. This will fill you up, rehydrate you and provide a steady release of energy throughout the day. It also happens to be very delicious and the texture that comes from the grapes and seeds is addictive.