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The rPET Market in Europe
PPWR and Plastic Packaging by 2030
The rPET Market in Europe: Supply, Capacity, and Competition for Food-Grade Material
PET’s path to compliance under the PPWR rests on one prerequisite: that there is sufficient food-grade recycled PET (rPET) available on the European market in 2…
PP or PET by 2030? The Regulatory and Supply Asymmetry
PPWR and Plastic Packaging by 2030
For a company that is currently selecting materials for plastic packaging for the European market, PPWR is not just a matter of what the law requires. It is a matter of what risk profile the chosen material will carry heading into 2030—and who will bear…
Multi-material packaging and PPWR
PPWR and Plastic Packaging by 2030
Multi-material packaging and PPWR: compliance, sorting, and the “first-sort” problem
Combination solutions in which plastic packaging is combined with a cardboard sleeve are widespread in the European food market. The design visually conveys the use of p…
Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging Under the PPWR – Requirements, Timeline, and Material Differences
PPWR and Plastic Packaging by 2030
Article 7 of the PPWR—Regulation (EU) 2025/40—sets binding requirements for recycled content in plastic packaging, with two effective dates: 2030 and 2040. The requirements are differentiated: they vary by plastic type and depending on whether the packaging is in direct…



