Ecotax — latest ecology news
![Exemption from CO2 tax for companies that burn biofuels: The Rada has made the first step](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/shutterstock_666196489-500x350.jpg)
The decision was adopted by 238 votes
![Rivne region businesses paid over UAH 57 million in environmental tax in 5 months](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1921442591-500x282.jpg)
This is 30% higher than last year
![The Decarbonization Fund has not yet started working: it receives money but cannot use it](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1904019460-500x334.jpg)
The institution is currently unable to perform the tasks for which it was created
![Polluters in Lviv region paid tens of millions in environmental taxes in 2024](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_611007254-500x334.jpg)
45% of eco-taxes go to the state budget, 30% to the regional budget, and 25% remain in the local budget
![Polluters in Ternopil region paid record environmental taxes in 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1888784806-500x282.jpg)
8.8 million hryvnias were allocated to the special fund of local budgets
![The Ministry of Environment has developed a draft law that will increase the tax on waste disposal by 10 times](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/E0430208-09DA-411A-A02F-B3F1319FF31C-500x313.jpeg)
The eco-tax rate for burying 1 ton of hazardous waste will reach UAH 1,500
![Denmark will introduce a green tax on air travel](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1293827935-500x287.jpg)
The size of the ecotax will depend on the duration of the flight – $7.3 for domestic trips and $60 for long-distance flights
![Who among the owners of heating boilers should pay the eco-tax](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/394DE2A7-CFD5-4115-A7B3-55A6A9D6E6E4-500x313.jpeg)
When burning 10 tons of coal, the amount of eco-tax will reach UAH 1,475.37
![Starting from 2024, the ecotax rates for water pollution will increase in Ukraine](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/8963D25F-47CC-4D12-BFCB-E20849753E40-500x313.jpeg)
In 2023, the ecotax rate reached 60 percent of the established rates
![Entrepreneurs paid 22 million UAH for environmental pollution in Ternopil region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1921442591-500x282.jpg)
Revenues from eco-taxes increased by 5.5 million hryvnias compared to 2022
![Polluters paid 521 million hryvnias in environmental tax in the Frankivsk region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_1134293855-500x334.jpg)
It is necessary to pay the eco-tax for the 3rd quarter by November 20
![Polluters of the Zaporizhzhia Region paid 232 million in eco-taxes for 2023](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EB7B8002-FA36-4AF7-92B2-7A45DB531181-500x313.jpeg)
In 2021, polluting enterprises of the region paid 434.5 million hryvnias in environmental taxes