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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
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.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Register a new manufacturer's mark and access lists of approved and inactive measuring container bottles (MCB) marks.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Check the tariff classification for a wine tool set in a wooden box.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
The U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
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