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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.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
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 the tariff classification for antimicrobial bathing systems.
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.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Uncontrolled release of liquid oxygen from a vacuum insulated evaporator (VIE).
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
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 the tariff classification for flavour pods.
Check the tariff classification for a rectangular bag consisting of a moulded silicone elastomer body.
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.
A collection of guidance you should follow for Plastic Packaging Tax.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Check the tariff classification for a flexible article made of cellular plastics in the shape of a hollow tube.
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