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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Check when packaging is classified as a finished plastic packaging component, and what is meant by substantial modifications, to find out if you must register for the tax.
Who needs to register for the tax and when, and what you must do before you register.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
When you may receive a Plastic Packaging Tax penalty, what you could be charged and how this is calculated.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Find out how to decide what checks to make if you manufacture, import or buy plastic packaging from another business, and examples of checks you can carry out.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
How to register for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
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