Plastic tax in the United Kingdom

14 April 2022 in News

Plastic tax in the United Kingdom

From April 2022 the producers and the traders of plastic materials of the United Kingdom will  have to face the new plastic tax on packaging and plastic material.
The tax is of 200 pound per tonn and is applied on all plastic packaging containing less than 30% of recycled plastic material, entirely produced or imported in the United Kingdom.
Tha additional costs – states a note of S&P global should increase the pressure on the recycle infrastructures, already affected by a lack of disponibility of material  while more and more Industries turns towards a circular economy.

Source: https://www.plastmagazine.it/plastic-tax-in-vigore-1-aprile-regno-unito/