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For some types of packaging, it can be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to affix the complete environmental labeling (for example, small-sized packaging or packaging with limited spaces, those for ...

The secondary raw material content of packaging may be communicated using the Mobius loop containing a percentage value indicating the percentage weight of the recycled material. ...

In order to be able to transfer packaging waste (and other products) biodegradable and compostable to the collection of organic waste, the Legislative Decree 116/20201 amended art. 182-ter of the ...

The producer can claim the recyclability of packaging using the Mobius loop, in accordance with UNI EN ISO 14021, when the packaging is recyclable under technical standard UNI EN ISO ...

Packaging can be disposed of in separate collection, whether recyclable or not in the state of current technologies, without prejudice to the good rules for quality separate collection (first of ...

Annex VI, which sets out identification codes for glass packaging, provides for the identification of clear, green and brown glass. For glass packaging in a colour other than those referred ...

Packaging consisting structurally of two or more polymers are identified by the code “7” since, also in this case, Decision 129/97/EC does not include specific codes for these materials. Anyone ...

Polymers other than those mentioned in Decision 129/97/EC have all been identified with the code “7”. In order to provide more accurate information on the composition of plastic packaging, and ...

Proper paper has a grammage of up to 150 g/m2, while cardboard features a grammage in excess of 600 g/m2, and as high as 1100 g/m2. Paperboard, on the other ...

Over the years, the identification of packaging material – not a legal requirement before 26 September 2020 – has been widely adopted by companies, in the different manners laid down ...