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Rules for shipping waste plastic.
A collection of guidance you should follow for Plastic Packaging Tax.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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.
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.
How to pay Plastic Packaging Tax and the time it takes for payments to reach HMRC.
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.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
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.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
How to register for Plastic Packaging Tax.
When you may receive a Plastic Packaging Tax penalty, what you could be charged and how this is calculated.
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
When and how to submit a return and how to make an amendment after it’s been submitted.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
Defra wants your views on a plan to ban the supply of single-use plastic items and polystyrene food and drink containers.
This consultation seeks views on the potential adoption of a mass balance approach for chemically recycled plastic in the Plastic Packaging Tax.
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