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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
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.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
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.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact
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.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
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