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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Product Safety Report for Vevor Wet & Dry Vacuum Cleaner presenting a high risk of electric shock.
Check the tariff classification for a plastic bottle equipped with an air pump and a nozzle.
Product Safety Report for Vevor Vacuum Packer Machine presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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.
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.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Who needs to register for the tax and when, and what you must do before you register.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
How to register a group of companies for Plastic Packaging Tax.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
Find out which plastic packaging components are in and out of scope of Plastic Packaging Tax.
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