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    Are you required to use recycled content? Comply without changing your process

    Recycled PE/PP pellets, traceable by batch and ready for your declaration of conformity.

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      Recycled pellets

      Recycled PE/PP produced following UNE 53925:2026 with batch-level traceability.

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      20% off your first order

      Try the material in a real production run on your first order.

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      Documentation ready

      Datasheet, certificate of analysis and traceability records for your declaration of conformity.

    20% off your first order

    Tell us about your part and your process. We send you the technical datasheet, the price and the free sample.

    Batch-to-batch consistency

    Every Big Bag matches the same technical datasheet: same grade, MFI, density and colour, traceable by batch.

    Produced following UNE 53925:2026

    Independent laboratory testing and documentation you can quote in your own documentation.

    EU origin

    Produced in Spain with EUR.1 preferential origin: short lead times and no import surprises.

    Compliance hub

    How to comply with the EU's recycled-content rules

    Recycled content stopped being voluntary. Between PPWR, the Single-Use Plastics Directive, the ELV proposal and ESPR, most companies placing plastic products or packaging on the EU market now have a percentage to hit and a file to prove it with. This hub maps the obligations, the deadlines and the cheapest compliant route.

    EU recycled-content compliance calculator

    Enter the weight of your part or packaging and how much recycled PolyAl the recipe contains. See the post-consumer recycled share you can declare and whether it clears the 2030 and 2040 thresholds of your category.

    PPWR (EU) 2025/40, Art. 7

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    g
    t/yr
    Post-consumer recycled content
    30.0%
    2030 target: 35% — short
    2040 target: 65% — short
    Gap to the 2030 target
    +5.0 points
    Virgin resin displaced per year
    150.0 t
    CO₂e avoided per year
    240.0 t CO₂e

    Indicative result. Only post-consumer waste counts towards the legal targets, and PPWR Art. 7 is measured as an average per manufacturing plant and year — the exact calculation and verification methodology comes from the pending delegated act under Art. 7(8). General information, not legal advice.

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    1. The obligations, in order of urgency

    Start from what already binds you and work outwards. The packaging rules are the broadest: almost every company placing goods on the EU market puts plastic packaging on it too, so PPWR is usually the first exposure. Sector rules — bottles, vehicles, construction products — sit on top.

    • PPWR (EU) 2025/40 — plastic packaging, targets 2030 and 2040
    • SUP Directive 2019/904 — beverage bottles, 25% now, 30% in 2030
    • ELV Regulation proposal — 25% recycled plastic in new vehicles
    • ESPR (EU) 2024/1781 — future product requirements + Digital Product Passport
    • Directive (EU) 2024/825 — how you may communicate the percentage, from 27 Sep 2026
    • CPR (EU) 2024/3110 — environmental declarations for construction products

    2. The three things that decide compliance

    Almost every failed compliance project fails on one of the same three points, and none of them is process capability.

    • Origin: only post-consumer waste counts towards the legal targets
    • Traceability: the percentage must reconcile from batch to pack
    • Documentation: Declaration of Conformity plus an Annex VII technical file

    3. The cheapest compliant route

    Substituting a share of your virgin PE/PP with ISCC PLUS certified post-consumer PolyAl raises the declarable recycled percentage while lowering your raw-material cost per tonne, on the injection and extrusion lines you already run. Homogeneous 60-tonne batches keep the compliance arithmetic simple, and EUR.1 preferential origin removes duty for EU buyers.

    • 100% post-consumer, from used beverage cartons
    • ≈66% LDPE, 18% HDPE, 6% PP, ≈10% aluminium
    • Produced following UNE 53925:2026; batch technical datasheets supplied
    • Homogeneous 60 t batches, Big Bag up to 1000 kg
    • ≈1.6 t CO₂e avoided per tonne replacing virgin polyolefin
    • Free sample to validate on your own line

    4. Read the detail

    Each page below answers one question completely: what the target is, how it is calculated, what counts, what to certify and what to sign.

    This page is general information about EU legislation, not legal advice. Check the consolidated text of each instrument and your national transposition before you rely on a figure.

    • PPWR recycled content requirements — the targets by category
    • How to calculate recycled content — formula, plant average, evidence
    • Post-consumer vs post-industrial — the definition that decides everything
    • Recycled content certification — EN 15343, EuCertPlast, RecyClass, ISCC PLUS
    • Mass balance vs mechanical recycling — allocated or physical
    • PPWR Declaration of Conformity — Annex VIII and VII checklist
    • Recycled plastic in vehicles — the ELV file
    • SUP Directive bottles — 25% and 30%
    • Recycled content claims — what you may legally say

    Deadline map

    12 Aug 2026PPWR (EU) 2025/40 applies
    27 Sep 2026Empowering Consumers Directive (EU) 2024/825 applies
    2025SUP: 25% recycled PET in PET beverage bottles
    2030PPWR Art. 7 first targets; SUP bottles 30%
    2040PPWR Art. 7 second targets (up to 65%)
    PendingPPWR Art. 7(8) calculation act; ELV Regulation final text

    EU recycled content FAQ

    Which EU rules oblige recycled content in plastic?

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    PPWR (EU) 2025/40 for plastic packaging, the SUP Directive 2019/904 for single-use beverage bottles, and — once adopted — the ELV Regulation for new vehicles. ESPR provides the framework for further product-specific requirements.

    How much recycled content will my packaging need?

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    For plastic packaging that is not contact-sensitive, the reported Article 7 targets are 35% by 2030 and 65% by 2040. Contact-sensitive formats carry lower percentages because food-contact rules constrain them.

    Does our own production scrap count?

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    No. Only post-consumer plastic waste counts towards the statutory targets. Keep the scrap loop for its cost benefit and add ISCC PLUS certified post-consumer material to create declarable content.

    What documents will an auditor ask for?

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    The EU Declaration of Conformity, the Annex VII technical file, supplier certificates of post-consumer origin, batch datasheets and the annual reconciliation of purchased versus produced tonnes.

    How fast can we qualify a recycled grade?

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    Typically six to eight weeks: datasheet review, 20% off your first order, line trial and part validation, then a framework volume with fixed batch specifications.

    Start with 20% off your first order

    Tell us the part and the recycled share you need to declare. We send the documentation pack and 20% off your first order of ISCC PLUS certified post-consumer PolyAl so you can validate the blend before committing.

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    PPWR recycled content requirements

    The 2030 and 2040 targets, category by category.

    Post-consumer vs post-industrial

    The definition that decides whether your content counts.

    PPWR Declaration of Conformity

    Annex VIII and Annex VII, as a checklist.