APR and RecyClass Mark Third Year of Progress in Driving Global Harmonization of Plastic Recyclability

Global Plastic Recyclability Harmonization Advances

The report outlines technical alignment in several areas. These include design guidance for natural polypropylene packaging, agreement on tie layers compatible with polyethylene film recycling, and a common definition of blue tints in polyethylene terephthalate packaging. Joint testing reduces duplication Over the past year, both organizations coordinated testing campaigns and technical studies. They shared and evaluated test data jointly. Where…

APR and RecyClass Mark Third Year of Progress in Driving Global Harmonization of Plastic Recyclability

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and RecyClass published the third progress report of their collaboration, which aims to accelerate the global harmonization of plastic recyclability. Key updates include alignment […]

APR, RecyClass wrap up third year of collaboration

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and Europe’s RecyClass released the third joint report on progress toward global harmonization of plastic recyclability. Among the key updates for package design for recyclability are aligning natural polypropylene (PP) design guidance, agreement on tie layers that are fully compatible with PE film recycling, and definition of blue tints for PET packaging.  The two nonprofits also “continued their divid…