Businesses need to pay the PPT if they have manufactured or imported plastic packaging components which contain less than 30% recycled plastic. PPT rate increase The tax came into force on 1 April 2022 and is charged at a rate of: £200 per tonne from 1 April 2022 £210.82 per tonne ...
プラスチック包装税は、2022年4月1日に英国で施行され、ヨーロッパで初めて導入されました。英国のプラスチック包装メーカー、プラスチック包装の輸入業者、プラスチック包装のメーカーおよび輸入業者の取引先、英国でプラスチック包装またはプラスチック包装の商品を購買する消費者は、この新た...
The UK's new tax on plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled material will provide "a clear economic incentive" for businesses to do more to help the environment, according to the government. Draft legislation published last week suggests the new tax, set for introduction in April 2022,...
Learn more about what this tax is, who it applies to, and how businesses should respond - with help from Sedex.
The UK plastic tax is due to hit in April 2022. How will it affect your business? And how to beat it with leaner & greener packaging? Here's how ...
The tax places a £200 per tonne levy on producers or importers of plastic packaging if they do not include 30% recycled content and will also be chargeable for bioplastics, biodegradable, compostable plastics. All businesses that manufacture or import 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging over...
“There are specific steps that businesses need to take to prepare for the tax, such as checking existing records, ensuring they can accurately verify the source and composition of the plastic packaging and considering, if it is possible, to switch to alternatives. ...
1st April 2022 - UK-wide Plastic Packaging Tax came into effect where plastic packaging products which contain less than 30 per cent recycled content are subject to the tax. In Oct 2023 - the ban on single-use plastics caused disarray for many packaging suppliers of the food service industry...
The original consultation on “Plastic Packaging Tax – chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach” was conducted from 18 July-10 October 2023. “Chemical recycling can complement the use of mechanical recycling technologies b...
As new measures to curb plastic pollution are introduced, tax teams can help steer companies away from risk and towards opportunity. Read more here.