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Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
How to apply for PCS approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply under the approval.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
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.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Waste Package guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
How to register for Plastic Packaging 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.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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