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Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
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 ceramic articles for import and export.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Check the tariff classification for articles made of cermet.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
The T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Check the tariff classification for tape made of elastic textile fabric.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
Check the tariff classification for a flat rectangular article made of lightweight woven textile fabric.
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 T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
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.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
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