GRS certified recyclable plastic bags, TC available

In recent years, many countries and regions internationally have included plastics in the scope of consumption tax collection. How to offset plastic tax, by GRS Shunxingyuan Packaging, a professional manufacturer of recyclable plastic bags, provides an interpretation.

1 European and American countries use tax policies to require the use of recycled plastic bags

The EU since 2021 year 1 month 1 day levied a "plastic packaging tax", imposing a tax rate of per kilogram for disposable plastic packaging 0.8 euros. This plastic tax is not levied on virgin plastics or the packaging industry, but rather on the cost of unrecycled plastic packaging waste.

2022 year 4 month 1 From day onwards, the UK levied a plastic packaging tax on the production or import of disposable plastic packaging (PPT) at a tax rate of per kilogram 0.2 pounds.

Italy's plastic tax was levied on 2023 year 1 month 1 day. This tax was initially mentioned in the 2020 fiscal year budget, and its implementation was postponed several times thereafter.

The Spanish government approved the decree HFP/1314/2022 . The Spanish plastic tax came into effect on 2023 year 1 month 1 day, with a threshold of non-recycled plastic packaging per month 5 kilograms, with a tax of per kilogram 0.45 euros.

The German government released a draft legislation on the taxation of disposable plastic products. Companies that put disposable plastic products on the German market (including remote sales) will be required to pay taxes for the first time, which is expected to start in 2025 year.

2021 In year, the US Senate proposed a bill to levy a consumption tax on all non-recycled plastics produced by plastic manufacturers, including plastic packaging, beverage containers, bags, and food service products. The proposal suggests a tax of 2022 cents per pound of new plastic material starting in 10 year, 2023 increasing to 15 year, 2024 year 20 cents in

2 year.

Offsetting plastic tax 30 has

% or more recycled plastic content. GRS In internationally recognized global recycling standards certification, it is clearly stated that only pre-consumer ） PIR and post-consumer post-consumer recycled polybag） PCR materials are considered recycled content. Therefore, 30% recycled、50% recycled、100% recycled refers to the proportion of recycled materials by weight in a product or packaging.

Post-consumer recycled plastic bags post-consumer recycled polybag ), materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that can no longer be used for their intended purpose. Includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, plastic bags recycled after consumption by consumers, with wide crystal points, transparent, and slightly darker in color.

PIR Plastic bags are certification, it is clearly stated that only pre-consumer that is, pre-consumer recycled plastic bags, materials diverted from waste streams during manufacturing. Excluding the reuse of certain materials, such as rework, regrinding, or residues generated during processing and reused in the same process, that is, plastic bags recycled without being consumed by consumers.

In summary PCR 、 PIR Plastic bags are GRS certified plastic bags, or recyclable plastic bags, refer to plastic bags that meet customer requirements, reach internationally recognized environmental standards, and are truly recyclable and reusable, and are important products of environmentally friendly packaging bags.

TC certificate Transaction Certificate ) is an important document proving recyclable materials, transaction certificate TC This is also an important way for institutions to supervise the entire supply chain to comply with global recycling standards Transaction Certificate ）这也是机构监督整个供应链符合全球回收标准 GRS 的重要途径。

In simple terms, GRS The certificate is a reflection of the factory's qualifications, which means that this factory is qualified to produce GRS products, but it can also produce ordinary products. So which products are ordinary? Which ones are recyclable?

With TC certificate is GRS recyclable material! In other words, GRS The certificate is proof of the factory's qualifications, relatively TC The certificate is proof of a certain batch of goods.

Therefore, TC The certificate will also contain specific information such as the recycled material content and weight of the product.

Shunxingyuan Packaging has successfully issued thousands of TC transaction certificates, efficiently supporting the customization of recyclable plastic bags.