The clock is ticking in the implementation of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Following a transition period, the first phase of enforcement starting in August this year includes recyclable design of plastic packaging among its requirements. The first deadline for mandatory recycled content targets is 2030, which will come quickly for recyclers of plastic film and flexible packaging currently working to gear up their operations commercially, logistically and technically.

As showcased during K2025 (October 2025, Düsseldorf, Germany) recycling technology suppliers are co-operating closely with film and flexible packaging recyclers, developing lines and equipment to increase production, improve product quality and optimise operations, including:

• Amut
• Coperion
• Erema
• Gamma Meccanica
• Gneuss
• Leistritz
• MAS
• NGR
• Siempelkamp
• Starlinger Recycling Technology
• Syklo

Read the full article here: Helping film recyclers in Europe respond to PPWR