FAQs of UK New Plastic Packaging Tax Policy (UKPPT)

UK new plastic tax policy shall be take info effect in April 2022, what shall we do in advance? Here it is FAQ for your better understanding.

1.Plastic Packaging Tax Scope

Q:Is my product in scope of the Tax???

A:Plastic Packaging Tax will be charged on plastic packaging components that contain less than 30% recycled content. A packaging component is a product that is designed to be suitable for use, whether alone or in combination with other products, in the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of goods at any stage in the supply chain of the goods, from the producer of the goods to the consumer or user. There are certain categories of products which are not chargeable. Additionally, single use consumer packaging which does not meet the definition of packaging component is chargeable.?The tax is chargeable when the packaging is finished. If packaging is imported finished, the tax is charged when the packaging is imported into the UK. This includes when packaging is imported filled, in other words when being used as packaging.?More information about what packaging is and when packaging is chargeable can be found in the guidance on gov.uk.?

2.Tax Point

Q:Who must account for the tax??

A:If you are a business that manufactures or imports 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging over a 12-month period you will need to register for the tax, regardless of whether you will have to pay any tax.?

3.Plastic and recycled plastic?

Q:Are compostable and other bio-plastics in scope of the tax??

A:Compostable and other bioplastics are in scope of the tax. They are treated the same as any other type of plastic.

Q:What counts as recycled plastic?

A: Plastic waste that’s been recovered from a manufacturing process (preconsumer plastic) or plastic that has been recovered from households or other facilities which can no longer be used for its intended purpose (post-consumer plastic)

Q:What do you mean by reprocessing??

A:Reprocessing includes mechanical and chemical processes When recovered plastic material is re-processed using a mechanical or chemical process to be deemed recycled plastic. Organic recycling is not reprocessing for the purposes of PPT.?

Q:Does reprocessing have to happen off-site?

A:Reprocessing may be on the same site that waste is produced and recyclate is used. However, scrap and regrind recovered and reused within the same manufacturing process are not considered to be reprocessed and do not count towards recycled content.?

4.Measurement??

Q：How should I calculate the recycled plastic content?

A:Recycled plastic content should be calculated using the following formula: ?? (%)= ???? ×100 Where— X is the proportion of recycled plastic of the plastic packaging component, expressed as a percentage. A is the weight of the recycled plastic used to produce the plastic packaging component. B is the weight of the plastic material used to produce the plastic packaging component.

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