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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.
Volunteers cleared rubbish on England's waterways for Plasticblitz. Cigarette butts most common plastic item found in 2 weeks of litter-picking.
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.
New approach puts an end to confusing recycling and excessive bins
Figures show massive decrease in number of single-use bags sold by main retailers since 2014.
The UK along with 170 countries attended the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Canada this week.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Some of the most polluting single-use plastic items banned from 1 October
When you may receive a Plastic Packaging Tax penalty, what you could be charged and how this is calculated.
This section describes the statutory, business and third section mechanisms for micro and other plastics.
These annual awards recognise people and partnerships making a significant contribution to British business and research.
Experts and academics are invited to join a new science network that will help to provide evidence on the environmental impact of deep-sea mining
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