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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
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.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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.
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Who needs to register for the tax and when, and what you must do before you register.
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.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
The UK along with 170 countries attended the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Canada this week.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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