prEN 18120-12
(Main)Packaging - Design for recycling for plastic packaging - Part 12: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging - Protocols for PE and PP rigid packaging
Packaging - Design for recycling for plastic packaging - Part 12: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging - Protocols for PE and PP rigid packaging
This document covers the design of PE and PP rigid with respect to compatibility of the design with recycling processes.
Packaging constituents and packaging components made of other materials than PE and PP are also covered by this document as they need to be evaluated on compatibility with polymer recycling.
Verpackung - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von Kunststoffverpackungsprodukten - Teil 12 - Verfahren zur Bewertung der Recyclingfähigkeit von Kunststoffverpackungen - Protokolle für starre Verpackungen aus PE und PP
Dieses Dokument behandelt die Gestaltung starrer PE- und PP-Verpackungen im Hinblick auf die Kompatibilität der Gestaltung mit den Recyclingprozessen.
Verpackungselemente und Verpackungsbestandteile aus anderen Materialien als PE und PP werden ebenfalls durch dieses Dokument behandelt, da sie hinsichtlich ihrer Kompatibilität mit dem Polymer-Recycling bewertet werden müssen.
Emballages - Conception des emballages plastiques en vue de leur recyclage - Partie 12 : Processus d’évaluation de la recyclabilité des emballages plastiques - Protocoles pour les emballages rigides en PE et PP
Le présent document traite de la conception d’emballages rigides en PE et PP, et plus particulièrement de la compatibilité de la conception avec les processus de recyclage.
Les constituants et composants d’emballages fabriqués à partir de matériaux autres que le PE et le PP sont également couverts par le présent document, car il est nécessaire d’évaluer leur compatibilité avec le recyclage des polymères.
Embalaža - Načrtovanje, ki omogoča recikliranje plastične embalaže - 12. del: Postopek za ocenjevanje možnosti recikliranja plastične embalaže - Protokoli za togo plastično embalažo iz polietilena (PE) in polipropilena (PP)
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2024
Embalaža - Načrtovanje, ki omogoča recikliranje plastične embalaže - 12. del:
Postopek za ocenjevanje možnosti recikliranja plastične embalaže - Protokoli za
togo plastično embalažo iz polietilena (PE) in polipropilena (PP)
Packaging - Design for recycling for plastic packaging - Part 12: Recyclability evaluation
process for plastic packaging - Protocols for PE and PP rigid packaging
Verpackung - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von Kunststoffverpackungsprodukten - Teil
12 - Verfahren zur Bewertung der Recyclingfähigkeit von Kunststoffverpackungen -
Protokolle für starre Verpackungen aus PE und PP
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18120-12
ICS:
13.030.50 Recikliranje Recycling
55.020 Pakiranje in distribucija blaga Packaging and distribution of
na splošno goods in general
83.080.20 Plastomeri Thermoplastic materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2024
ICS 55.020; 13.030.50; 83.080.20
English Version
Packaging - Design for recycling for plastic packaging -
Part 12: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic
packaging - Protocols for PE and PP rigid packaging
Verpackung - Recyclingorientierte Gestaltung von
Kunststoffverpackungsprodukten - Teil 12 - Verfahren
zur Bewertung der Recyclingfähigkeit von
Kunststoffverpackungen - Protokolle für starre
Verpackungen aus PE und PP
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Recyclability evaluation process . 7
4.1 Principle . 7
4.2 Sampling . 8
4.2.1 Test material requirements . 8
4.2.2 Control sample selection . 9
4.2.3 Virgin resin selection . 9
4.3 Test method . 9
4.4 Test report . 9
4.5 Evaluation . 9
Annex A (normative) Experimental determination of the technical recyclability of PE and PP rigid
packaging samples . 10
A.1 Principle . 10
A.1.1 Apparatus . 10
A.1.2 Reagents and consumables . 11
A.1.3 Sampling . 11
A.1.4 Procedure . 11
A.1.5 Expression of results . 17
A.1.6 Test report . 17
Annex B (normative) Recommendations for control materials . 20
Annex C (informative) Benchmark recommendations for the assessment of technical recyclability 21
Bibliography . 23
European foreword
This document (prEN 18120-12:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 261
“Packaging”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
Introduction
EN 18120 consisting of 15 parts aims via a series of guidelines and protocols to establish consistency and
improvement for the Design for Recycling of household, industrial and commercial plastic packaging.
— Part 1: Definitions and principles for design-for-recycling of plastic packaging
— Part 2: Process and governance to evaluate the recyclability of plastic packaging
— Part 3: Sortability evaluation process for plastic packaging
— Part 4: Guideline for PET bottles
— Part 5: Guideline for PET rigid packaging (except bottle)
— Part 6: Guideline for PE and PP rigid packaging
— Part 7: Guideline and protocols for PE and PP flexible packaging
— Part 8: Guideline for PS and XPS packaging
— Part 9: Guideline for EPS packaging
— Part 10: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for PET bottles
— Part 11: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for PET other rigid
packaging
— Part 12: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for PE and PP rigid
packaging
— Part 13: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for PE and PP flexible
packaging
— Part 14: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for PS and XPS packaging
— Part 15: Recyclability evaluation process for plastic packaging – Protocols for EPS packaging
Design for recycling guidelines are a common way of describing compatibility with plastic packaging
collection, sorting and recycling into high quality recycled plastic into state-of-the-art facilities. They
provide guidance on the level compatibility, defined as:
— green: Packaging constituents with full compatibility with recycling;
— yellow: Packaging constituents with limited compatibility with recycling;
— red: Packaging constituents which are not compatible with recycling.
Recyclability guidelines will require regular review and improvement to reflect innovations in design,
collection, sorting and recycling.
The Design for recycling guidelines provided in this series of standards are representative of the state of
the art in Europe and cover all steps from design for recycling, packaging waste collection, sorting,
recycling into recycled plastic and to use in a new application.
Packaging recyclability is the combination of five parameters: packaging designed for recycling,
packaging waste collection, sorting when necessary, recycling and use of recycled plastic in a new
application. This series of standards covers one parameter: the design for recycling.
1 Scope
This document covers the design of PE and PP rigid with respect to compatibility of the design with
recycling processes.
Packaging constituents and packaging components made of other materials than PE and PP are also
covered by this document as they need to be evaluated on compatibility with polymer recycling.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
prEN 18120-1, Packaging — Design for recycling of plastic packaging — Part 1: Definitions and principles
for design-for-recycling of plastic packaging
EN ISO 178, Plastics — Determination of flexural properties (ISO 178)
EN ISO 527-1:2019, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 1: General principles (ISO 527-
1:2019)
EN ISO 527 series, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties
ISO 1133-1, Plastics — Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR)
of thermoplastics — Part 1: Standard method (ISO 1133-1)
EN ISO 18314-1, Analytical colourimetry — Part 1: Practical colour measurement (ISO 18314-1)
EN ISO 1183-1, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 1: Immersion
method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method (ISO 1183-1)
EN ISO 3451-1, Plastics — Determination of ash — Part 1: General methods
ISO 11357-1, Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 1: General principles
ISO 11357-3, Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 3: Determination of temperature
and enthalpy of melting and crystallization
ISO 11358-1, Plastics — Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers — Part 1: General principles
EN ISO 15512:2019, Plastics — Determination of water content (ISO 15512:2019)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in prEN 18120-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
4 Recyclability evaluation process
4.1 Principle
This standard provides a method of evaluating the technical recyclability of a rigid PE or PP packaging
sample in mechanical recycling processes as they are implemented in Europe. The results characterize
both the processability of the sample as well as the quality of the recycled plastic.
Depending on the choice of the sample, the method can either provide a technical recyclability
determination for a given packaging design or item, or it can be employed to selectively study the impact
of individual design elements in rigid PE and PP plastic packaging on technical recyclability. The latter
approach may be employed to generate data for the updating of design-for-recycling guidelines.
The test method follows the steps (unit operations) that occur in a mechanical recycling process for rigid
PE or PP packaging and seeks to simulate each operation on a laboratory scale. The relevant unit
operations are shown in Table 1. Steps 1 and 2 describe the plastic recycling process itself whereas step
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