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If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
What to do if someone registered for Plastic Packaging Tax dies or becomes incapacitated.
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 antimicrobial bathing systems.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Public health advice for prisons and other prescribed places of detention.
This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
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.
When and how to submit a return and how to make an amendment after it’s been submitted.
What secondary and joint and several liability is, and when you may be liable for unpaid Plastic Packaging Tax.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
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 deregister for the tax, submit your final tax return and claim tax back if you’re no longer registered.
Volunteers cleared rubbish on England's waterways for Plasticblitz. Cigarette butts most common plastic item found in 2 weeks of litter-picking.
When you can treat waste plastic using heat without an environmental permit.
Check the tariff classification for a plastic bottle equipped with an air pump and a nozzle.
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.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
Product Recall for Unipart 1L All Season Screen Wash with Batch Code 02/2023 which does not meet the labelling requirements of the relevant Regulations.
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