plastics tax

Policy

Ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in England

The long-delayed ban on single-use plastic items in England is aimed at stemming the rising tide of plastic waste entering environment and oceans

01 October 2020 • 3 min read

Taxation

Which plastics tax? Policymakers face fresh pressure over plastics tax and compostable packaging

Environmental arguments are continuing to be made both for and against the inclusion of compostable plastics in the government's planned plastics tax

24 August 2020 • 6 min read

Taxation

Accountants call for more ambition from government plastic tax

Government proposals to tax plastic packaging are not ambitious enough, accountancy group argues

28 May 2019 • 2 min read