From this perspective, striving for high-quality recycling is a key piece of the puzzle. To start with, high quality recycling should be properly defined under the PPWR, providing that the material to be recycled can withstand multiple recycling loops, without change to the intrinsic material properties and with minimal materials losses during the recycling process.

Also, there should be an efficient and well-designed infrastructure in place to enable the proper separate collection, sorting and recycling of waste packaging. It is critical that the PPWR sets out clear measures for Member States to improve and harmonize separate collection systems. This will enhance the quantity of quality secondary raw materials (recyclates), ensuring they are readily available to replace primary raw materials in future applications.

In order to respect the timeline set out in the PPWR, the European Commission must work quickly to adopt the secondary legislation that will define key concepts such as the Design for Recycling (DfR) criteria and the at-scale methodology. This will ensure legal certainty and predictability and give economic operators sufficient time to adapt.

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