The activity complies with all of the following criteria¹:

1. With regards to feedstock used and circular design, the activity complies with one of the following criteria:
   • Use of circular feedstock criteria:
     • At least 65% of the packaging product by weight consists of recycled post-consumer material for non-contact sensitive packaging and at least 50% for contact sensitive packaging
   • Design for reuse criteria:
     • The packaging product has been designed to be reusable within a reuse system and fulfils the requirements for the use of circular feedstock:
       • At least 65% of the packaging product by weight consists of recycled post-consumer material for non-contact sensitive packaging and at least 50% for contact sensitive packaging
     • The system for reuse is established in a way that ensures the possibility of reuse in a closed-loop or open-loop system.
   • Use of bio-waste feedstock criteria:
     • At least 65% of the packaging product by weight consists of sustainable bio-waste feedstock (includes industrial bio-waste, agricultural based bio-waste, forest based bio-waste and municipal bio-waste, and it excludes primary biomass unless there is agreed sustainability criteria).
     • Agricultural based bio-waste used for the manufacture of plastic packaging complies with the criteria:
       • National authorities have monitoring or management plans in place in order to address the impacts on soil quality and soil carbon.
       • It is not raw material obtained from land with a high biodiversity value
       • Agricultural biomass shall not be made from raw material obtained from land with high-carbon stock
       • Raw material obtained from land that was peatland provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil
     • Forest based bio-waste used for the manufacture of plastic packaging complies with the criteria:
       • It will not use forest biomass derived from unsustainable production
       • Management systems are in place at forest sourcing area level to ensure that carbon stocks and sinks levels in the forest are maintained, or strengthened over the long term
2. The packaging product demonstrates recyclability in practice and at scale by complying with all of the criteria specified below
   • The unit of packaging is designed to be recyclable, so that it can be sorted and recycled at the end of life and that the resulting recycled material is of such quality that it can be used again in packaging applications.
   • In order to ensure the same, the materials in the unit of packaging:
     • are the same material (mono-material solution) or,
     • are compatible with the existing recycling streams and sorting processes or,
     • must allow for separation of its non-recyclable components, either manually by consumers or within the existing sorting and recycling processes
   • The minimum recycling rate set by the national legislation is to be reached.²
   • The sorting and recycling processes for the packaging are available at the Technology Readiness Level 9 as defined by ISO 16290:2013.
3. The below listed hazardous substances are not used in the manufacture of the packaging material:
   • The substances identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) based on their hazardous properties, which include being carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR), or persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB), or possessing other properties that cause serious effects to human health or the environment such as:
     • Substances that are respiratory sensitizers (substance that has the potential to cause respiratory hypersensitivity in humans), except enzymes.
     • Substances that are respiratory sensitizers (substance has a demonstrated potential to cause an allergic reaction in the skin of a substantial number of people).
     • Substances and mixtures that cause chronic harm and are toxic to the aquatic environment.
     • Substances and mixtures that are hazardous to the ozone layer.
     • Substances or mixtures based on the severity of their toxic effects on specific organs or organ systems after repeated or prolonged exposure.
     • Substances and mixtures that cause harmful effects on specific organs or organ systems following a single instance of exposure.
4. Compostable plastic materials in packaging applications are used only for very lightweight plastic carrier bags; tea, coffee or other beverage bags; tea, coffee or other beverage pads and sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables.