{"id":106918,"date":"2025-09-15T10:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=106918"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:56:59","slug":"france-honours-the-use-of-recycled-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/frankreich-honoriert-rezyklateinsatz-in-verpackungen\/","title":{"rendered":"France honours the use of recyclates in packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

The French government has issued a decree introducing new bonus regulations for manufacturers who use recycled plastics in products - explicitly including packaging and chemical containers. The bonuses will apply from 1 January 2026 and will be paid out via the respective REP systems (extended producer responsibility).<\/strong><\/p>\n

With this decision, the Ministry of the Environment wants to accelerate the market penetration of recyclates and at the same time set clear guidelines: Products from several REP fields (including packaging, furniture, toys, sport\/DIY) are eligible, provided that defined quality, process and verification requirements are met. Premium amounts, exclusions, minimum quotas for bottles and a strict principle of regionality and traceability are binding.<\/p>\n

What applies to packaging?<\/h3>\n

The core is a tonne-based premium per quantity of recyclate actually used in the product - differentiated according to the origin of the recyclates: 450 \u20ac\/t for material from other REP streams, 550 \u20ac\/t for material from the same REP stream. For \u201econtact-sensitive\u201c applications (food\/body contact, etc.), an increased premium of \u20ac1,000\/t is envisaged; for the years 2026 and 2027, this will be set at \u20ac550\/t on a transitional basis. (Art. 3 and 6)<\/p>

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Which plastics are favoured?<\/h3>\n

For contact-sensitive packaging, the decree names specific polymers whose recyclates are eligible for premiums: PET (clear, coloured, opaque; in the case of clear from non-beverage bottles), PS (without EPS), PP, PE-HD and PE-LD. (Art. 6 I)<\/p>\n

Exclusions and minimum quotas<\/h3>\n

Products with recyclates in composite matrices (e.g. fibre-reinforced plastics), products with substances identified by the eco-system as \u201erecycling interferers\u201c and packaging\/chemical containers with recycled PVC are excluded. In addition, there is a lower limit for the mass yield of the recycling process of \u2265 50 %. (Art. 4)<\/p>\n

For beverage bottles (without caps), the regulation specifies minimum recyclate contents: PET 25 % until 31 December 2029, thereafter 30 %; PE-HD 0 % until 2029, from 2030 30 %. Only quantities above the respective minimum quota are eligible for premiums. (Art. 5 III)<\/p>\n

Regionality principle and proof<\/h3>\n

Premiums are only available if collection, sorting, recycling and the use of recyclates are carried out cumulatively within a 1,500 km radius of the barycentric point of metropolitan France and take place in the EU (or under equivalent environmental conditions). For overseas territories, local barycentres apply. Eco-organisations must establish robust chain-of-custody models and auditable evidence (resin content, process yield, proximity, post-consumer origin, no impurities). (Art. 8-9)<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> Minist\u00e8re de la Transition \u00e9cologique, de la Biodiversit\u00e9, de la For\u00eat, de la Mer et de la P\u00eache<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The French government has issued a decree introducing new bonus regulations for manufacturers who use recycled plastics in products - explicitly including packaging.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":106921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Frankreich zahlt ab 2026 Pr\u00e4mien f\u00fcr Rezyklate in Verpackungen: bis 1.000 \u20ac\/t, strenge Ausschl\u00fcsse, Mindestquoten f\u00fcr Flaschen und 1.500-km-Proximit\u00e4t.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Rezyklateinsatz","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[65,60824,54,31,60681,59469],"class_list":{"0":"post-106918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maerkte","8":"tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling","9":"tag-frankreich","10":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","11":"tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging","12":"tag-pet","13":"tag-rezyklat","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}