How to beat the tax by optimising your packaging Replace The PPT in a nutshell The UK government announced another plastic tax in March to come into effect on 1 April 2022. This time the new Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) will target all non-recycled plastic packaging. Will it spell trouble ...
According to Deloitte, the tax is applied to chemicals at the earliest point possible in the supply chain. That means it will directly impact producers, distributors, importers and processors in the chemicals and plastics industries. The new tax will likely raise costs of taxable plastic resins...
In this area innovation research is required, regarding the development and implementation of some bio-based biodegradable synthetic biopolymer materials able to replace the plastic packaging materials currently used in the food industry. Considering the financial impact of this replacement, an ante and ...
the UK government has now confirmed that the Plastic Packaging Tax will be set at a rate of £200 per tonne and will take effect from April 2022. The tax will apply to plastic packaging which has been manufactured in, or
Under the UK Plastic Packaging tax, any packaging which is predominantly plastic by weight, and that does not contain at least 30% recycled material is subject to a charge of £217.85/tonne on the total weight of the packaging. When the tax was introduced,...
“It’s going to be important where the tax is charged, what it is charged on and who bears the ultimate costs,” says Turnsek. “Is it charged to the plastic converter? Is it charged to the manufacturing brand that uses the plastic packaging? Is secondary and tertiary packaging in scop...
In 2018 almost 17 million plastic items, or 40,000 items daily, were found to be drained into the ocean via the Shing Mun River, mostly being food packaging, cutleries, and household plastic bottles. This quantity of plastic pollution in the river and surrounding environment could eventually ...
The impact of this litter is magnified by the persistence of the material in the environment. This paper is an extension of the paper by Hasson et al. (2007). Its objective is to examine the effectiveness of the plastic-bag legislation in South Africa in the long-term and to posit some...
As per estimates, plastic packaging accounts for 44% of plastic used in the UK. United States Plastic Recycling News
So far, Schulze remains opposed to the idea of a blanket tax on plastic whilst being opening to the possibility of additional levies on non-recyclable packaging. German chancellor Angela Merkel similarly told delegates in the country's federal parliament (Bundestag) that she was "not yet convinced...