Summary_of_EU_PPWR_February_2025 - Flipbook - Page 15
Cat. Predominant
No packaging material
Packaging type
Format (illustrative and nonexhaustive)
Colour / Optical
transmittance
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Plastic
PE – flexible
Films, including multilayer and
multi-material packaging
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
PP – rigid
Containers, bottles, trays, pots
and tubes
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
PP – flexible
Films, including multilayer and
multi-material packaging
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
HDPE and PP – rigid
Crates and pallets, corrugated
board plastic
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
PS and XPS – rigid
Rigid formats (includes dairy
packaging, trays, cups and other
food containers)
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
EPS – rigid
Rigid formats (includes fish
boxes/white goods and trays)
Natural/coloured
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Plastic
Other rigid plastics
(e.g. PVC, PC)
including multimaterials– rigid
Rigid formats, including e.g.
intermediate bulk containers,
drums
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Plastic
Other flexible plastics
including multimaterials – flexible
Pouches, blisters, thermoformed
packaging, vacuum packaging,
modified atmosphere/modified
humidity packaging, including
e.g. flexible intermediate bulk
containers, bags, stretch films
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Plastic
Biodegradable
plastics[1] - rigid (e.g.
PLA, PHB) and flexible
(e.g. PLA)
Rigid and flexible formats
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Wood, cork
Wooden packaging,
including cork
Pallets, boxes, crates
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Textile
Natural and synthetic
textile fibres
Bags
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Ceramics or
porcelain
stoneware
Clay, stone
Pots, containers, bottles, jars
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Introduction
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