According to ISO 15270, recyclate is defined as Plastic material from the recycling of plastic waste<\/em> defined. According to Section 3 (25) of the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act (KrWG), recycling is \u201eany recovery process by which waste is reprocessed into products, materials or substances either for the original purpose or for other purposes; it includes the reprocessing of organic materials, but not energy recovery<\/strong> and processing into materials intended for use as fuel or for backfilling\u201c.<\/p> Recyclates can therefore generally be only in one preparation process<\/strong> from waste. This applies equally to PIR and PCR.<\/p>\n The respective prefix of the recyclate provides an indication of the original origin of the material that was generated as waste and processed into recyclate: Does the waste originate from from production residues in the manufacture of plastic packaging<\/strong> or other plastic products that have not been reused in the same process, the recyclates from these are referred to as post-industrial recyclates (PIR) or, synonymously, pre-consumer recyclates. As a corresponding abbreviation of pre-consumer recyclates can lead to confusion with the Post-consumer recyclates<\/a> (PCR), it is preferable to use the term post-industrial recyclate with the abbreviation PIR.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\")
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