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Charlotte Scrivens

Addleshaw Goddard
Charlotte is a Managing Associate in Addleshaw Goddard's Environment and Sustainability team, based in the Manchester office. As part of her practice, Charlotte advises on environmental compliance as part of M&A and Real Estate transactions as well as providing standalone environmental advice on wide-ranging and often complex aspects of environmental law, including permitting, waste and ESG-related issues. She has also been involved in assisting clients facing investigation by environmental regulators, working closely with their internal teams to provide specialist legal support. 

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2018

Qualifications

  • Bsc, Biology (2013)
  • GDL (2014)
  • LPC (2016)

Education

  • University of St Andrews (2013)
  • University of Law (2014)
  • BPP (2016)

1 Contributions by Charlotte Scrivens

UK Plastic Packaging Tax: definitions, scope, registration, exemptions, reliefs, group arrangements, penalties, secondary liability and key developments (rates, mass balance, certification)
PRACTICE NOTES
UK Plastic Packaging Tax: definitions, scope, registration, exemptions, reliefs, group arrangements, penalties, secondary liability and key developments (rates, mass balance, certification)
Plastic packaging-the problem There is growing recognition worldwide of the issues caused by global use of plastics, alongside the related harms from the creation of plastic waste. In the UK, plastic packaging represents 44% of plastics used and 67% of plastic waste, with usage exceeding 2 million tonnes every year. In general, the overwhelming share of this packaging is produced from virgin, not recycled, plastic and is used only briefly before being thrown away. For further detail on plastic waste, see Practice Note: Waste types and controls-plastics. In the UK, the government moved to tackle plastic use by introducing the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) from 1 April 2022, chargeable on the manufacture and importation of plastic packaging containing under 30% recycled content. The tax was first set at £200 per tonne and was later uplifted to £228.82 per tonne, effective from 1 April 2026. Via the PPT, the government intends to promote more sustainable plastic packaging, increase the proportion of recycled plastic used and help to curb plastic waste. The PPT rates are set to...
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