Materials and recyclability
Packaging built from a single polymer or material family so it can be sorted and reprocessed without separation.
Mono-material design replaces multi-layer laminates with structures made from one material family, for example an all-polyethylene pouch instead of a PET/aluminium/PE laminate. Because sorting equipment separates by material, single-family construction is the most reliable route to a recyclable outcome.
The engineering trade-off is barrier performance. Multi-layer laminates exist because they deliver oxygen and moisture barriers that single polymers struggle to match, so mono-material conversion usually means coatings, higher grammage or a shorter shelf life.
Fee schedules reward it. Mono-material construction commonly earns an eco-modulation bonus and avoids the laminate penalty, so the fee delta should be part of the business case alongside material cost.
Designing packaging so it can be collected, sorted and reprocessed at scale, and under PPWR a legal requirement graded from A to E.
Adjusting EPR fees up or down according to the environmental performance of the packaging, rewarding recyclable design and penalising problem formats.
Whether packaging is actually collected, sorted and reprocessed into new material at scale, not merely whether it is theoretically recyclable.
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