Article 9 PPWR – Why certain packaging formats should be compostable

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Article 9 PPWR – Why certain packaging formats should be compostable

Industrially compostable products, certified according to the harmonised European standard EN 13432 for the organic recovery of packaging, contribute to efficient waste management and circular preservation of resources by:

• Supporting the separate collection of biowaste (collection of more valuable resources from the waste that represents the highest fraction of municipal waste); – Diverting biowaste from landfills into organic recycling;
• Diverting biowaste from incineration into organic recycling (biowaste often has a high moisture content and therefore complicates incineration, but furthers organic recycling);
• Diverting biowaste from mechanical recycling streams into organic recycling,
• Reducing contamination in the biowaste collection caused by misthrows of conventional, non-biodegradable plastics that often end up in the final compost product, thereby contaminating compost and polluting the environment;
• Providing additional bio-based raw materials for industrial purposes, such as the production of bio-based plastics or organic fertilisers; (1)
• Supporting biogas production in anaerobic digestion by increasing biowaste collection. (2)

With the entry into force of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation ((EU) 2025/40), the legislator confirmed that using compostable packaging for certain packaging applications is deemed to have a demonstrable environmental benefit.