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Recycling of Packaging

Commencing 1st January 2023, a new packaging law is in force in Italy.

The obligation comes under Decree No. 116, dated 3rd September 2020, requiring mandatory labelling to be placed on packaging materials of all primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging that can be separated.

The aim is to facilitate collection, reuse, recovery, and recycling, reducing the impact of packaging and packaging waste on the environment whilst ensuring a certain level of environmental protection.

The material used for the packaging must be indicated by an alphanumeric code according to the Annexes in 97/129/EC, for example:

Alphas Example

Packaging Type Recycling code Material
Aluminium Clip ALU 41 Aluminium
Aluminium Can ALU 90 Aluminium
Metal Lid
Metal Bucket
Metal Drum
Metal Can
Metal Canister		 FE 40 Steel
Cartridge
Piston
Nozzle		 HDPE 02 High Density polyethylene
Poly Bag
Bag Liner		 LDPE 04 Low Density polyethylene
Carton
Box		 PAP 20 Corrugated cardboard/box
Centre Core (in Tapes) PAP 21 Non-corrugated cardboard/box
Drum Liners PET 01 Polyethylene terephthalate
Rectangular Pail
Plastic Bucket
Plastic Lid		 PP 05 Polypropylene
Plastic/Aluminium Laminated Film PP 90 Plastic/Aluminium

 

For more information, visit The National Packaging Consortium in Italy (CONAI) - http://www.progettarericiclo.com/en/docs/environmental-labeling-packaging

In case a packaging type is not listed, or there are further queries, please contact us.