{"id":49877,"date":"2021-09-29T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=49877"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:53:50","slug":"new-seal-ok-recycled-of-tuev-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/neues-siegel-ok-recycled-des-tuev-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"OK Recycled: new recycling seal from T\u00dcV Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new \u201eOK Recycled\u201c seal from T\u00dcV Austria is intended to support the environmentally friendly use of plastic materials, lend credibility to companies' sustainability promises and promote products in an ecologically aware market environment.<\/p>\n<p>Suppliers, manufacturers and retailers are increasingly concerned with satisfying the growing market demand for environmentally friendly products and services. The <strong>strict EU environmental legislation and the growing awareness of consumers<\/strong> concerns about the environmental impact of consumption are increasingly taking centre stage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49881\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49881 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"T\u00fcv Austria OK Recycled\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-1320x660.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tuev-austria-ok-recycelt.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New certification system OK Recycled from T\u00dcV Austria promotes sustainable development. (Image: T\u00dcV Austria Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>T\u00dcV Austria supports environmentally friendly consumption<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>T\u00dcV Austria's OK Recycled certification system addresses the requirements of Directive (EU) 2019\/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. The directive stipulates, for example,<strong> PET bottles to consist of at least 25 per cent recycled plastic by 2025<\/strong> and all plastic bottles must have a recycled content of at least 30 per cent by 2030.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-2052138303\"><div id=\"packa-1160241145\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Aim of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuvaustria.com\/okrecycled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">OK Recycled<\/a> is to<strong> environmentally friendly use of plastic materials<\/strong> to lend credibility to companies' sustainability promises and to promote products in an ecologically aware market environment.<\/p>\n<p>The OK Recycled certification system is based on the EN 15343:2007 and ISO 14021:2016 standards and specifies in particular the requirements according to which the <strong>Recycled content of plastic products calculated on the basis of a coordinated traceability system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Mass balances and traceability<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>As the system is based on a <strong>Quantification of mass balances and coordinated traceability of the recycled content<\/strong> it can also be used to determine the recycled content of any other material (e.g. aluminium, textiles or paper).<\/p>\n<p>With easily identifiable and easily accessible information, T\u00dcV Austria's OK Recycled certification system enables reliable and objective categorisation at a glance. In this sense, the \u201eOK Recycled\u201c certification mark strengthens both <strong>brand value and consumer trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The OK Recycled certification system covers <strong>the entire plastics value chain<\/strong> up to the point at which the finished product reaches the end consumer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> T\u00dcV Austria<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new \u201eOK Recycled\u201c seal from T\u00dcV Austria is intended to support the environmentally friendly use of plastic materials, lend credibility to companies' sustainability promises and promote products in an ecologically aware market environment.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":37749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Das neue Siegel \u201eOK Recycled\u201c des T\u00dcV Austria soll den umweltfreundlichen Einsatz von Kunststoffmaterialien unterst\u00fctzen.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"T\u00dcV Austria","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":[58781],"tags":[65,54,32,56,59318],"class_list":{"0":"post-49877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-packaging","8":"tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling","9":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","10":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","11":"tag-qualitaetssicherung","12":"tag-tuev-austria","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49877","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}