PIR and PCR often get used as if they were two ways of saying “recycled”. They aren’t. They’re two different materials, born in two different worlds — and that difference in origin decides three things a buyer actually cares about: performance, price, and what you can declare. Let’s take them in turn. The two acronyms, […]
“Recycled”, printed on a datasheet, isn’t enough. When a buyer receives a batch of recycled material, the question that matters isn’t “is it recycled?” but “can you prove what it is — batch after batch?”. Qualifying a batch means lining up four things that hold together: the stream it comes from, the consistency between one batch and the […]
For thirty years, the same package could be compliant in Milan and illegal just across the border. From 12 August 2026 that era ends: the PPWR — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste — starts to apply. For anyone who converts plastic, this isn’t a headline to file away: it’s the clearest signal yet of […]
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