Packaging building and property sector

The supplier shall, no later than [contract start or other time determined by the contracting organisation], disclose the measures taken in order to promote more circular packaging and wrapping flows, recycling and reduced waste from virgin materials for the contracted products. These measures must not result in an increase in food and production waste or additional damage in transit.

The measures presented may cover one or more packaging materials at one or more levels of packaging used for packing the product; that is, the primary, secondary and tertiary packaging.

During the contractual period, the supplier shall, upon the request of the contracting organisation, be ready to demonstrate how the special contract term has been fulfilled.

 

Plastic packaging used within the scope of the contract shall consist, on average, of at least 30 percent by weight recycled PCR plastic (Post Consumer Recycled).¹ The calculation can be made according to the mass balance principle² during a defined period of time by means of the packaging supplier's monitoring and reporting.

The following products are covered: [specify which product/products]

Upon request, the supplier shall present the calculation of the proportion of recycled plastic and demonstrate that the recycled raw material consists of PCR plastic.

¹PCR plastic, Post Consumer Recycled, is plastic packaging which has been used for its original purpose by a consumer, or in a certain business, and then had been collected for recycling.

²Mass balance can be applied using different methods that measure product substitution and include traceability back to production and raw material when transitioning to recycled and renewable raw materials. Additional information on different mass balance methods.

The entrepreneur of the contract shall promote that the plastic packaging used in the project is designed for recycling.

The entrepreneur of the contract shall be able to map and motivate which plastic packaging during different project phases can be recycled according to the demands in the below requirement.

Plastic packaging made from plastic that is used under the contract shall be designed for recycling. Plastic packaging, wrappings and closures shall comply with at least the following:

Plastic packaging¹ and any plastic closures² shall be manufactured as a mono-material³ from one of the following plastics or as separable⁴ components thereof:

• Polyethylene (PE)
• Polypropylene (PP)
• Clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

Metallic parts shall not be used in the packaging,¹ closure² or label.

Plastic packaging shall not be dyed using carbon black

Plastic packaging shall not have printing that covers more than 60% of its surface.

Labels

Labels on plastic packaging shall meet one of the following twp requirements:

1. Labels shall be made from the same material as the packaging.
2. If the packaging is made from PET, the label shall be made from PP or PE. 

Labels shall be able to be washed away according to following:

• Packaging of PE and PP shall have labels woth water soluable adhesive glue, which can be washed away at temperatures below 60°C.
• Packaging of PET shall have labels possible to washed away with a basic solution at temperatures below 70 °C.

Labels shall not cover more than 60% of the surface of the packaging.

Exception:

1. Packaging in expanded styrene (EPS) are excepted from the requirement if the entrepreneur can demonstrate that the packaging is collected and recycled.
2. Packaging with UV-protection function is excepted from the requirement if dyed with carbon black.

¹Plastic packaging includes rigid and flexible packaging, such as bottles, pots, big bags, trays, wrappings, ridged plastic tapes, and similar.

²Closures include bottle caps and lids.

³Mono-materials are plastics whose composition consists of a single type of plastic polymer, such as polyethylene.

⁴Separable components include elements of the packaging that can be easily taken apart by the end user without the need of tools before being recycled.