RECOUP believes the Plastic Packaging Tax, under its current operation, needs to be more effective to increase recycled content in plastic packaging. There are opportunities to make the tax more effective, reduce the risk of false claims of recycled content and support the aims of what the tax set out to achieve.

RECOUP is therefore putting forward strategic considerations to HMRC to maximise the overall environmental impact of the tax and avoid unintended and negative environmental outcomes.

This report, which was produced with support and input from the four UK enforcement bodies (EA, NRW, SEPA and DAERA). The report details the volumes of plastic packaging that have been exported for recycling since 2017. It includes a breakdown by nation, enforcement activities and the policy implications of systems such as Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) and Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN), as well as the RECOUP position statement on export of plastic packaging.

This report summarises the “Exporting our Resources – Developing a UK Plastic Packaging Circular Economy” report, which was produced with support and input from the four UK enforcement bodies (EA, NRW, SEPA and DAERA). The report details the volumes of plastic packaging that have been exported for recycling since 2017. It includes a breakdown by nation, enforcement activities and the policy implications of systems such as Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) and Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN), as well as the RECOUP position statement on export of plastic packaging.