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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
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 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.
Find out about green taxes for businesses - tax relief for becoming more energy efficient and schemes for off-setting your environmental impact.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
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.
Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.
When recovered non-packaging plastics are no longer waste.
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