Table 1
Indicative list of packaging materials, types and categories referred to in Article 6
(1) Please note that this category contains plastics that are readily biodegradable (meaning a proven ability to convert >90 % of the original material into CO2, water and minerals by biological processes within 6 months) and regardless of the feedstock used for their production. Biobased polymers that are not readily biodegradable are covered under the other relevant plastic categories.
Table 2
Indicative list of packaging materials and categories referred to in Article 6
Table 3
Recyclability performance grades Packaging recyclability shall be expressed in the performance grades A, B or C.
From 2030, recyclability performance is based on design for recycling criteria. The design for recycling criteria shall ensure the circularity of the use of the resulting secondary raw materials of sufficient quality to substitute the primary raw materials.
The assessment based on design for recycling criteria shall be carried out for each packaging category listed in Table 1, taking into account the methodology established under Article 6(4) and the related delegated acts, as well as the parameters established in Table 4. After weighing the criteria per packaging unit, it will be classified into categories A, B or C. When a packaging unit’s recyclability performance grade is below 70 %, it is considered to be non-compliant with the recyclability performance grades and therefore the packaging will be considered technically non-recyclable and its placing on the market shall be restricted.
From 2035, a new factor shall be added to the assessment of the packaging recyclability, which is the recycled-at-scale assessment. Consequently, a new assessment shall be carried out based on the quantity (weight) of the material effectively recycled from each of the packaging categories in accordance with the methodology established in the implementing acts adopted under Article 6(5). The thresholds related to the annual recycled packaging materials for compliance with the recycled-at-scale assessment shall be defined taking into account the targets set in Article 3(1), point (39).
Table 4
Non-exhaustive list of parameters for setting design for recycling criteria under Article 6
The list in this Tableshall be used as a basis when defining design for recycling criteria, as set out in Article 6(4). The design for recycling criteria shall then be used in order to set the calculations leading to the performance grades listed in Table 3. In addition, the assessment of the parameters set out in that list shall consider:
— separability of any component of packaging, either manually by end users or in processing plants, — efficiency of sorting and recycling processes, for example yield,
— evolution of sorting and recycling technologies (to address the aspect if the packaging cannot be sorted today, but it might be sortable in 2 years), and
— preservation of functionality of secondary raw materials enabling the substitution of primary raw materials.
The packaging functionality that the following parameters provide to the packaging shall be factored-in in the setting of design for recycling criteria.
表 1
第6条所指包装材料、类型和类别的指示性清单
(1) 请注意，该类别包含易生物降解塑料（指经证明能在6个月内通过生物过程将原材料超过90%转化为CO2、水和矿物质），且不论其生产 所用原料。非易生物降解的生物基聚合物归入其他相关塑料类别。
表2
第6条所述包装材料及类别的指示性清单
表 3
可回收性能等级 包装可回收性应以性能等级 A、B 或 C 表示。
自 2030 年起，可回收性能将基于可回收设计标准。可回收设计标准应确保所产生的二次原材料具备足够质量 的循环性，以替代初级原材料。
基于可回收设计标准的评估应针对表 1 中列示的每个包装类别进行，考虑第 6 条第 4 款及相关授权法案中确立 的方法论，以及表 4 中规定的参数。在对每个包装单元的标准进行权衡后，将其分类为 A、B 或 C 类。当包装 单元的可回收性能等级低于 70% 时，视为不符合可回收性能等级，因此该包装将被视为技术上不可回收，其投 放市场将受到限制。
自2035年起，包装可回收性评估应新增一项因素，即规模化回收评估。因此，应依据第6条第5款所采纳的实 施条例中确立的方法，基于各包装类别中实际回收材料的数量（重量）进行新的评估。与年度回收包装材料相 关的规模化回收评估合规阈值，应考虑第3条第1款第（39）点所设定的目标。
表4
根据第6条设定可回收设计标准的非详尽参数列表本表所列内容应作为定义第6条
第4款所述可回收设计标准的依据。随后应利用可回收设计标准设定计算方法，以确定表3中列示的性能等级。 此外，应考虑该清单中所列参数的评估内容：
— 包装任何组成部分的可分离性，无论是由最终用户手动分离，还是在加工厂中分离， — 分拣和回收过程的效率，例如产出率，
— 分拣和回收技术的发展（以应对当前包装无法分拣但未来两年内可能实现分拣的情况），以及
— 二次原材料功能性的保持，使其能够替代初级原材料。
在制定可回收设计标准时，应考虑以下参数赋予包装的功能。