According to Eurostat, in 2024 the EU generated 35.9 kilograms of plastic packaging waste per person and recycled 42.4 percent of it, a slight increase on 2023.

Whether plastic packaging can actually be returned to the cycle as secondary raw materials is decided to a considerable extent in the choice of material, design and equipment.

Aimplas leads the VERSO project, which applies the Digital Product Passport and validates reuse systems for plastic packaging.

Plastic packaging waste from the healthcare sector represents a quantitatively relevant recycla-ble material stream that has so far been insufficiently used.

Novelis and Beiersdorf now produce the Nivea Creme tin with 95 per cent recycled aluminium, lowering the carbon footprint of the packaging.

Recyclability is not only determined by the material or the structural structure of a packaging, but also by the actually available sorting and recycling routes.

Packaging consumption in the food retail sector remains high and poses fundamental challenges for the circular economy.

Residual waste sorting is becoming an increasingly important element of modern resource management.

Avery Dennison's AD CleanFlake RFID tags have received RecyClass Technology Approval in Europe, confirming their compatibility with mechanical PET bottle recycling streams. The approval complements the product's existing APR Design Recognition in North America.

The United States recovered at least 5.1 billion pounds of post-consumer plastic for recycling in 2024.