Recycled Content

Recycled content in packaging is examined here through its practical distinctions and documentation requirements. The articles clarify post-consumer (PCR) versus post-industrial or pre-consumer (PIR) material, explaining why these definitions affect purchasing specifications, claim calculations and EU PPWR minimum recycled-content targets for plastic packaging. Related coverage addresses mono-material design as a route to recycling-stream compatibility, and the difference between recycled content and recyclability. Market signals are also treated separately, distinguishing physical shipments, certified-product counts and announced capacity from proven demand. Together the material supports buyers and specifiers in asking what material is counted, from which waste stage, in which component, and with what verification.