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Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
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.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
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.
Seeking views on options for plastic recycling targets between 2016 and 2020 and glass recycling targets for 2018 to 2020.
This consultation seeks views on the potential adoption of a mass balance approach for chemically recycled plastic in the Plastic Packaging Tax.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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