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This page contains Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Waste Package Specifications and Guidance for waste packages destined for geological disposal.
Guidance on imports from Russia and Belarus requiring additional duties and terms of exemption.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Find package type codes for Data Element 6/9 (Appendix 18).
Use site advice packages and supporting documents to help with site assessments and the impact of marine activity in sensitive areas.
Waste Package guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
The requirements for packaging LHGW
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Consultations, calls for evidence and other documents related to tax policy development and the administration, maintenance and reform of the tax system.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you need to report packaging data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Alphabetical list of types of packages and their UK Trade Tariff codes.
How to use the simplified declaration procedure when exporting goods from the UK.
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.
Guidance for organisations who may need to report packaging data because they are affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
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