Recital 44

(44) In order to provide an internal market for high-quality recycling of plastics and the use of secondary raw materials, any plastic part in packaging placed on the market should contain a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per packaging type and format as referred to in this Regulation, calculated as an average per manufacturing plant and year. The packaging type should be understood as referring to the predominant polymer the packaging is made of, while packaging format should be understood as referring to the size and shape of a specific packaging unit.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.