EU PPWR FAQs Updated August 2026 - Flipbook - Page 29
Example
PPWR recycled
content
requirements
PET plastic bottle with PET bottle: 30%
a closure system
PP closure: 10%
made of PP
Environmental
claim for:
Allowed environmental claim
Packaging unit The recycled content exceeds
(bottle and a 30% for the PET bottle or 10%
closure system) for the PP closure system.
Regardless of the choice to make environmental claims or not, compliance with the legal
requirements must be demonstrated in the technical documentation.
5) How do economic operators know which recycled content requirements to fulfil?
UPDATED!
The recycled content requirements apply to any plastic part of sales, grouped, and transport
packaging.
Firstly, the economic operator must determine whether the packaging is contact-sensitive.
Secondly, the economic operator must determine what polymer the packaging is made from. Based
on this information, the economic operator can then determine what recycled content requirements
to fulfil.
This logic is illustrated in the following table.
Packaging
format
1st step: Is the
2nd step: What 2030 applicable
packaging
is the polymer target
contact sensitive? made from?
Example A
Pallet wrapping Non-contact
film to transport sensitive
goods
Other than PET
Art. 7(1)(d), 35%
Example B
Beverage carton
Contact-sensitive
Other than PET
Art. 7(1)(b), 10%
Example C
Single-use
plastic beverage
bottle:
Contact-sensitive
PET
Art. 7(1)(c, 30%
6) Do the requirements for recycled content apply to packaging placed on the market
before 2030?
The recycled content requirements apply only to packaging placed on the market from 1 January
2030 or three years after entry into force of the implementing act in Article 7(8), whichever is the
latest. However, no exhaustion of stocks is envisaged for packaging supplied to manufacturers and
not yet placed on the market by the latter before the due date.
7) Will also a plastic cap and a label on a glass bottle need to comply with the recycled
content requirements? UPDATED!
Article 7(5)(b) exempts plastic parts that represent less than 5% of the total weight of a packaging
unit from the recycled content requirements. This exemption applies exclusively to plastic parts
and does not extend to non-plastic materials.
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