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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Budget 2018 announced that the government will introduce a world-leading new tax on produced or imported plastic packaging. Subject to consultation, this will apply to all plastic packaging that doesn’t include at least 30% recycled content.
The UK along with 170 countries attended the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Canada this week.
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.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
The Ministry of Justice's policy for reducing and removing single-use plastic across our full estate.
This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
A call for evidence on using the tax system or charges to address single-use plastic waste
We're seeking evidence to help us develop standards for biodegradable, compostable and bio-based plastics, and an understanding of their environmental impacts.
Defra wants your views on a plan to ban the supply of single-use plastic items and polystyrene food and drink containers.
Volunteers cleared rubbish on England's waterways for Plasticblitz. Cigarette butts most common plastic item found in 2 weeks of litter-picking.
This review found examples in a few case studies in India, UK, Netherlands, Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa
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