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Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
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.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
The CMA will scrutinise ‘green’ claims made by Unilever about certain household essential items, such as a number of cleaning products and toiletries.
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.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on Defra's Reforming the UK Packaging Producer Responsibility System
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