Plastic Packaging Tax

UK's Plastic Packaging Tax rakes in £276m for Treasury during first year

Taxation

UK's Plastic Packaging Tax rakes in £276m for Treasury during first year

First official data on impact of the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) finds 40 per cent of plastic manufactured in or imported to UK last year was exempt from the tax

clock 17 August 2023 • 3 min read
Government plots tweaks to Plastic Packaging Tax to boost chemical recycling efforts

Recycling

Government plots tweaks to Plastic Packaging Tax to boost chemical recycling efforts

Changes aimed at driving more investment into advanced processes that use chemicals to break down plastic into feedstocks for making new materials

clock 28 April 2023 • 2 min read
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