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Plastic Packaging Tax

The Plastic Packaging Tax is an excise duty on plastic packaging materials containing less than 30% recycled content, administered jointly by HMRC and HM Treasury with DEFRA policy leadership. The scheme aims to incentivise use of recycled plastic and reduce plastic waste, and is currently active with ongoing refinements to the mass balance approach and chemical recycling provisions. Recent policy developments include consultation on removing pre-consumer plastic from the tax scope and a separate ban on plastic-containing wet wipes.


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2025

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2024

4 events
22 Apr 2024 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) Scottish Government Welsh Government linked

Wet wipes containing plastic: proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale — outcome published

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland want your view on a proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in the UK. …

2023

19 events
25 Nov 2023 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) Scottish Government Welsh Government linked

Wet wipes containing plastic: proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale — consultation closed

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland want your view on a proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in the UK. …

25 Nov 2023 | Consultation (closed) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Consultation on the proposed ban of the manufacture supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic — consultation closed

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland are all committed to tackling plastic pollution and its impact on our environment, economy and health. Our goal is to maximise …

14 Oct 2023 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) Scottish Government Welsh Government linked

Wet wipes containing plastic: proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale — consultation opened

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland want your view on a proposed ban on the manufacture, supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in the UK. …

14 Oct 2023 | Consultation (closed) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Consultation on the proposed ban of the manufacture supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic — consultation opened

The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland are all committed to tackling plastic pollution and its impact on our environment, economy and health. Our goal is to maximise …

2022

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2021

10 events

2020

7 events

2019

3 events

2018

5 events
9 May 2018 | Bill introduced linked

Plastics Bill — First reading

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set, measure, enforce and report on targets for the reduction and recycling of plastic packaging; to require that such targets following the United Kingdom’