Tag: Ecoveritas

Ecoveritas warns Plastic Tax fine-tuning should not be about boosting government revenue

Stuart Mitchell

Leading environmental compliance specialists Ecoveritas has urged businesses to take head of HMRC’s move to penalise non-compliant businesses regarding the Plastic Packaging Tax but says any future changes to its modus operandi must not solely be about boosting the Treasury’s coffers. The Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), introduced last April, requires producers to pay a levy on plastic products that contain less than 30% recycled content. Significant changes were made to the PPT last month, with the rate rising to £210.82 per tonne in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)…

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Government should put money where its mouth is on recycling – Ecoveritas

Stuart Mitchell

As the world marked Global Recycling Day last month, environmental compliance data specialist Ecoveritas is calling for clarity on the destination of hundreds of millions pounds raised from the UK Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT).  With the first anniversary of the Treasury-led PPT being introduced approaching, HMRC is moving quickly to begin audits – with many predicting that the PPT rate will rise shortly.  The government is on target to take £250 million from the PPT after it cost £20 million to administer, but the Treasury says the funds will not…

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Lack of EPR preparedness laid bare in a new survey

Stuart Mitchell

The vast majority of UK businesses view their packaging data collection capability as a “work in progress”, according to a new survey by environmental compliance data experts, Ecoveritas. A staggering 86% of respondents are yet to establish their data collection processes fully, despite the strengthening of a statutory instrument (SI), titled Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023, which mandates obligated producers in England to collect and report data on the amount and type of packaging placed on the market from this month. 57.1% of respondents, or three in every…

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