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Recyclability of flexible packaging under the PPWR

Assessment of the recyclability grade of flexible packaging, in line with the PPWR requirements.

Under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), the manufacturer assesses the recyclability of its packaging. We help you with the data of the structure, the tests and the recommendations for a packaging that can be recycled.

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What the PPWR requires

All packaging placed on the market must be recyclable: designed for recycling and, later, recycled at scale.

Recyclability is expressed in performance grades: A (at least 95 %), B (at least 80 %) and C (at least 70 %). Below 70 %, the packaging is considered technically non-recyclable.

What we assess

  • The format and weight of the empty packaging
  • The components and the layer structure: material, thickness, function
  • Printing, additives and what can disrupt sorting
  • The laboratory's recommendations for a recyclable structure

What you send us

  • The technical sheet or specification of the structure
  • A sample of the empty packaging, as it reaches the consumer
  • Information about printing, adhesives and additives, if you have it

PPWR dates for recyclability

From the text of Regulation (EU) 2025/40. The design-for-recycling criteria are set by delegated acts of the European Commission.

12 August 2026 The regulation applies.
1 January 2028 Deadline for the delegated acts with the design-for-recycling criteria.
1 January 2030 Packaging is placed on the market only if it is recyclable in grade A, B or C (or 24 months after the delegated acts enter into force, whichever is later).
1 January 2035 The “recycled at scale” criterion is added to the assessment.
1 January 2038 Only packaging recyclable in grade A or B is placed on the market.

The result is an indicative assessment based on the public design-for-recycling guidelines. You can attach it as technical information to the packaging documentation, but on its own it does not prove compliance with the PPWR, it is not a certification and it cannot be used as an environmental claim.