EU PPWR for industrial and transport packaging

• The regulation

  Fact

  The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is Regulation (EU) 2025/40. As a regulation it applies directly in every member state, replacing the old directive approach.

  Official text (EUR-Lex)

• Transport packaging reuse

  Needs verification

  Article 29 sets reuse targets for transport and sales packaging used to move products, including pallets, crates, drums, IBCs and similar. Check the exact percentages, dates and exemptions in the official text before relying on them.

  Official text (EUR-Lex)

• Recycled content

  Needs verification

  Minimum recycled content targets apply to plastic parts of packaging, with different rules for contact-sensitive uses. Whether a given bulk container falls in scope depends on the final text and implementing acts.

  Official text (EUR-Lex)

• Minimization

  Interpretation

  Packaging weight and empty space must be kept to what function needs. For bulk shippers this mostly affects oversized outer packaging and void fill, less so the primary bulk container.

• Delegated and implementing acts

  Guidance

  Many details (labels, recyclability grades, calculation methods) come later through further acts. Treat any figure you see before those acts as provisional.

Updated: 2026-10-09

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