Tomra - ny massiv trigger! UK innfører skatt på "virgin plastic"
Enorme nyheter fra EU om omlegging til sirkulær økonomi
https://finansavisen.no/forum/thread/84604/view
følges opp av regjeringen i UK som nå innfører skatt på "virgin plastic" for å stimulere resirkulering. Nå er det full konkurranse om å være best i klassen! Resten av verden kommer til å følge etter. Canada og Oseania er allerede med. Veldig bra for kloden. Enormt for Tomra som er helt dominant og overlegen når det gjelder globale markedsandeler såvel innen innsamling av plast (pantesystemer) som sortering av blandet plast(avfall) for resirkulering. 😊
UK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
INDUSTRY WELCOMES ‘GAME-CHANGING’ PLASTICS TAX
By Imogen Benson | 12 March 2020 | Add a Comment
Following yesterday’s (11 March) Budget 2020 announcement, industry stakeholders have welcomed the confirmation of the Plastics Packaging Tax, though doubts remain over the practicalities of implementing such a policy.
Unveiling his first spending plan, newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that a tax of £200 per tonne will be placed on all domestically-manufactured or imported packaging containing less than 30 per cent recycled content from April 2022 – a measure originally proposed in the Treasury’s 2018 Autumn Statement.
Sunak has launched a further consultation on the detailed design and implementation of the tax, after the first consultation attracted an unprecedented number of public responses.
“Game-changer”
The waste and resources industry has largely shown approval for the tax proposal, with Recycling Association Chief Executive Simon Ellin describing the policy as a “game-changer” that will stimulate the use of recycled plastic and boost the development of plastic recycling infrastructure in the UK.
Individual waste management companies have also lauded the announcement, with John Scanlon, CEO of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, arguing that the Budget demonstrates that the government is “serious about delivering a circular economy”, while Viridor Managing Director Phil Piddington claimed that the move will “unlock the crucial investment in recycling infrastructure”.
Scanlon continued: “The initial £200 per tonne rate applied will help redress the imbalance between the cost of virgin material and the cost of equivalent recycled options. The Budget has also set the direction of travel, leaving the door open for future increases in the tax, making clear the scale of its future ambition whilst giving time for systems to change and adapt.”
Sian Sutherland, Co-founder of plastic pollution campaign group A Plastic Planet, said: “We’ve lobbied Whitehall for years for a tax on plastic packaging and we’re delighted to see the Chancellor backing our calls.
“The government now has an opportunity to position the UK as a world leader in tackling the plastic crisis. We strongly urge them to seize it with both hands.”
Filled packaging
With the government announcing that the scope of the tax will extend to the importation of filled plastic packaging, Pat Jennings, Head of Policy Knowledge and External Affairs at the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM) commented: “On the proposals for the plastic packaging tax, which will come into force from April 2022, CIWM welcomes the confirmation that it will apply to both domestic manufacturers and importers and will include filled packaging.
“This should ensure that UK manufacturers are not disadvantaged and that the tax does not incentivise the offshoring of filling operations to avoid the tax.”
Robbie Staniforth, Head of Policy at Ecosurety – a compliance scheme that helps packaging producers fulfil their obligations under the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system – was equally pleased to hear that the government has amended its original plan to extend the tax to filled plastic packaging: “It looks like HM Treasury have got a handle on the key failings of their previous proposal. We’re glad to see they have recognised our, and any others’ point, that excluding imported filled packaging from the tax could have led to packaging production being offshored.”
https://finansavisen.no/forum/thread/84604/view
følges opp av regjeringen i UK som nå innfører skatt på "virgin plastic" for å stimulere resirkulering. Nå er det full konkurranse om å være best i klassen! Resten av verden kommer til å følge etter. Canada og Oseania er allerede med. Veldig bra for kloden. Enormt for Tomra som er helt dominant og overlegen når det gjelder globale markedsandeler såvel innen innsamling av plast (pantesystemer) som sortering av blandet plast(avfall) for resirkulering. 😊
UK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
INDUSTRY WELCOMES ‘GAME-CHANGING’ PLASTICS TAX
By Imogen Benson | 12 March 2020 | Add a Comment
Following yesterday’s (11 March) Budget 2020 announcement, industry stakeholders have welcomed the confirmation of the Plastics Packaging Tax, though doubts remain over the practicalities of implementing such a policy.
Unveiling his first spending plan, newly-appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that a tax of £200 per tonne will be placed on all domestically-manufactured or imported packaging containing less than 30 per cent recycled content from April 2022 – a measure originally proposed in the Treasury’s 2018 Autumn Statement.
Sunak has launched a further consultation on the detailed design and implementation of the tax, after the first consultation attracted an unprecedented number of public responses.
“Game-changer”
The waste and resources industry has largely shown approval for the tax proposal, with Recycling Association Chief Executive Simon Ellin describing the policy as a “game-changer” that will stimulate the use of recycled plastic and boost the development of plastic recycling infrastructure in the UK.
Individual waste management companies have also lauded the announcement, with John Scanlon, CEO of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, arguing that the Budget demonstrates that the government is “serious about delivering a circular economy”, while Viridor Managing Director Phil Piddington claimed that the move will “unlock the crucial investment in recycling infrastructure”.
Scanlon continued: “The initial £200 per tonne rate applied will help redress the imbalance between the cost of virgin material and the cost of equivalent recycled options. The Budget has also set the direction of travel, leaving the door open for future increases in the tax, making clear the scale of its future ambition whilst giving time for systems to change and adapt.”
Sian Sutherland, Co-founder of plastic pollution campaign group A Plastic Planet, said: “We’ve lobbied Whitehall for years for a tax on plastic packaging and we’re delighted to see the Chancellor backing our calls.
“The government now has an opportunity to position the UK as a world leader in tackling the plastic crisis. We strongly urge them to seize it with both hands.”
Filled packaging
With the government announcing that the scope of the tax will extend to the importation of filled plastic packaging, Pat Jennings, Head of Policy Knowledge and External Affairs at the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM) commented: “On the proposals for the plastic packaging tax, which will come into force from April 2022, CIWM welcomes the confirmation that it will apply to both domestic manufacturers and importers and will include filled packaging.
“This should ensure that UK manufacturers are not disadvantaged and that the tax does not incentivise the offshoring of filling operations to avoid the tax.”
Robbie Staniforth, Head of Policy at Ecosurety – a compliance scheme that helps packaging producers fulfil their obligations under the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system – was equally pleased to hear that the government has amended its original plan to extend the tax to filled plastic packaging: “It looks like HM Treasury have got a handle on the key failings of their previous proposal. We’re glad to see they have recognised our, and any others’ point, that excluding imported filled packaging from the tax could have led to packaging production being offshored.”
Redigert 13.03.2020 kl 13:17
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