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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.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Check the tariff classification for a heat and moisture exchanging filter.
How to report to HMRC if an organisation becomes insolvent for Plastic Packaging Tax purposes, send any final returns and deregister.
The Ministry of Justice's policy for reducing and removing single-use plastic across our full estate.
How to deregister for the tax, submit your final tax return and claim tax back if you’re no longer registered.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
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.
How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.
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.
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.
What to do if someone registered for Plastic Packaging Tax dies or becomes incapacitated.
Check the tariff classification for a plastic bottle equipped with an air pump and a nozzle.
£1.8 million from the UK Space Agency will boost British organisations with promising technologies to support space capabilities.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Figures show massive decrease in number of single-use bags sold by main retailers since 2014.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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