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Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Product Recall for Polypropylene Full Body Rock Climbing Safety Belt sold via AliExpress presenting a serious risk of injuries.
Product Safety Report for Children's Storage Box presenting a high risk of asphyxiation and fire.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Product recall for FB Funky Buys Children's' Toy Storage Box presenting a high risk of asphyxiation and burns.
If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
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.
Check the tariff classification for a plastic bottle equipped with an air pump and a nozzle.
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.
The Ministry of Justice's policy for reducing and removing single-use plastic across our full estate.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
This tax information and impact note is about the new plastic packaging tax.
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