The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation has set a 55% recycling rate target for plastics packaging by 2030. Along with this headline figure, the European Commission requires packaging companies to make all plastics packaging recyclable by design and include minimum amounts of recyclate in new packaging. All of these goals are particularly difficult to achieve in film and flexible packaging. The challenge of recycling post-consumer film has been addressed in recent collaborative projects and by technology companies working with their customers.

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