SwedenSvenskforfattningssamling
Sweden sets 2027 waste tax at 755 kr per tonne
A single flat rate of 755 kr per tonne of waste applies for calendar year 2027 under the waste-tax act.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 10 November 2026
For calendar year 2027, the waste tax is payable at a recalculated amountSvenskforfattningssamling set in SFS 2026:1858
Svenskforfattningssamling. The ordinance, on the recalculated amount of waste tax for 2027, was issued on 5 November 2026, was published on 10 November 2026 and enters into force on 1 January 2027
Svenskforfattningssamling. Its single operative section states the amount that applies during the 2027 calendar year. The heading identifies the instrument as the recalculation ordinance for 2027, published as SFS 2026:1858
Svenskforfattningssamling.
The amount is set under section 4 of the act (1999:673) on tax on wasteSvenskforfattningssamling. Under section 1 of the ordinance
Svenskforfattningssamling, waste tax is payable at 755 kronor per tonne of waste for calendar year 2027. The rate is a single flat figure: one amount, one unit of measurement, one calendar year
Svenskforfattningssamling. There are no differentiated lines in the ordinance, no weight bands and no product categories to sort the waste into
Svenskforfattningssamling — the same 755 kronor per tonne covers the waste falling in 2027. Because the ordinance holds only section 1, that single rate line is the whole operative content, and the per-tonne unit means the charge scales directly with tonnage.
In practice, the computation follows directly from the single line. The liable party takes the tonnage of waste falling in calendar year 2027 and applies 755 kronor per tonne. Because the ordinance enters into force on 1 January 2027 and the amount is set for calendar year 2027, the cutover for the new figure is the turn of the year: waste falling in 2027 carries the 755 kronor rate. On the government's behalf the ordinance is signed by Elisabeth Svantesson, with Roger Ghiselli of the Ministry of Finance, and it notes the most recent prior ordinance on the subject as 2025:883.
Legal basis is SFS 2026:1858, section 1Svenskforfattningssamling, applying section 4 of lagen (1999:673) om skatt på avfall.