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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
Guidance on how to move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the scheme, including general certificates, additional documents (packing lists), seals and checks.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Get your goods cleared by the National Clearance Hub when moving goods into, out of, or through the UK.
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