In a European comparison the relative weight of environmental taxes in Hungary is an average figure. Nevertheless, the period 2010-2012 brought about a decrease of this tax burden, which is not a positive development. There was no clear trend between 2008 and 2012 regarding the implicit tax burden on energy. Unfortunately, the lack of predictability nevertheless only grew due to a number of peculiar political steps (sectoral and other special taxes, as well as cutting energy consumption fees) Income generated form traffic is also decreasing. The only tax revenue that showed substantial growth in recent years is the environmental product fee. The latter, however, functions as just another tax, as opposed to its original function, and thus it is not conducive to the recovery of waste, but only increases the state revenues.