SIST EN 18064-1:2025
(Main)Plastics - Quality recommendations and basis for specifications for application of plastic recyclates in products - Part 1: General aspects
Plastics - Quality recommendations and basis for specifications for application of plastic recyclates in products - Part 1: General aspects
This document is the general part of the series that describes the designation system for plastic recyclates.
This document is dealing with recyclates after the recycling operation and prior to converting and compounding (when applicable). It is dealing with preparation of samples and determination of properties.
NOTE 1 This document supports the underlaying standards of this series that, per polymer type, provide an overview of the relevant characteristics and typical values for recyclates for use in certain application groups (product families) in combination with the relevant converting technologies.
NOTE 2 The overview of the relevant properties is based on and further extends the relevant properties given in EN ISO 10350 1.
Kunststoffe - Qualitätsempfehlungen und Grundlagen für Spezifikationen für die Verwendung von Kunststoffrezyklaten in Produkten - Teil 1: Allgemeines
Dieses Dokument ist der allgemeine Teil der Normenreihe, die das Bezeichnungssystem für Kunststoffrezyklate beschreibt.
Dieses Dokument behandelt Rezyklate nach dem Recycling und vor dem Umwandeln und Compoundieren (sofern zutreffend). Es befasst sich mit der Vorbereitung von Proben und der Bestimmung von Eigenschaften.
ANMERKUNG 1 Dieses Dokument unterstützt die zugrundeliegenden Normen dieser Normenreihe, die je Polymertyp einen Überblick über die relevanten Eigenschaften und typischen Werte von Rezyklaten für den Einsatz in bestimmten Anwendungsgruppen (Produktfamilien) in Kombination mit den entsprechenden Verarbeitungsverfahren geben.
ANMERKUNG 2 Der Überblick über die relevanten Eigenschaften basiert auf den in EN ISO 10350 1 aufgeführten Eigenschaften und erweitert diese.
Plastiques - Recommandations qualité et base de spécification pour l’application des recyclats de plastiques dans les produits - Partie 1 : Aspects généraux
Le présent document constitue la partie générale d’une série qui décrit le système de désignation pour les recyclats de plastiques.
Le présent document traite des recyclats après l’opération de recyclage et avant la transformation et le mélangeage (le cas échéant). Il traite de la préparation des éprouvettes et de la détermination de propriétés.
NOTE 1 Le présent document vient à l’appui des normes sous-jacentes de cette série qui, par type de polymère, fournissent une vue d’ensemble des caractéristiques pertinentes et des valeurs types pour les recyclats destinés à être utilisés pour certains groupes d’applications (familles de produits), associées aux technologies de transformation pertinentes.
NOTE 2 La vue d’ensemble des propriétés pertinentes est basée sur et vient compléter les propriétés pertinentes indiquées dans l’EN ISO 10350 1.
Polimerni materiali - Priporočila za kakovost in podlaga za specifikacije za uporabo polimernih reciklatov v izdelkih - 1. del: Splošni vidiki
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Polimerni materiali - Priporočila za kakovost in podlaga za specifikacije za
uporabo polimernih reciklatov v izdelkih - 1. del: Splošni vidiki
Plastics - Quality recommendations and basis for specifications for application of plastic
recyclates in products - Part 1: General aspects
Kunststoffe - Qualitätsempfehlungen und Grundlagen für Spezifikationen für die
Verwendung von Kunststoffrezyklaten in Produkten - Teil 1: Allgemeines
Plastiques - Recommandations qualité et base de spécification pour l’application des
recyclats de plastiques dans les produits - Partie 1 : Aspects généraux
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 18064-1:2025
ICS:
13.030.50 Recikliranje Recycling
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 18064-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.030.50; 83.080.01
English Version
Plastics - Quality recommendations and basis for
specifications for application of plastic recyclates in
products - Part 1: General aspects
Plastiques - Recommandations qualité et base de Kunststoffe - Qualitätsempfehlungen und Grundlagen
spécification pour l'application des recyclats de für Spezifikationen für die Verwendung von
plastiques dans les produits - Partie 1 : Aspects Kunststoffrezyklaten in Produkten - Teil 1: Allgemeines
généraux
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 16 June 2025.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 System of designation for recyclates . 8
5 Selection of relevant properties for recyclates . 12
6 Categorization of plastics applications and requirements . 13
Bibliography . 14
European foreword
This document (EN 18064-1:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics”,
the secretariat of which is held by SIS.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2026, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2026.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document is part of CEN publications on plastics recycling, listed as follows:
— EN 15342, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of polystyrene (PS) recyclates
— EN 15343, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Plastics recycling traceability and assessment of conformity
and recycled content
— EN 15344, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of Polyethylene (PE) recyclates
— EN 15345, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) recyclates
— EN 15346, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) recyclates
— EN 15347 (all parts), Plastics — Sorted plastics wastes
— EN 15348, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
recyclates
— EN 18064 (all parts), Plastics —Quality recommendations and basis for specifications for application
of plastic recyclates in products
— EN 18065, Plastics —Recycled plastics — Classification of recycled plastics based on Data Quality Levels
for use and (digital) trading
— EN 18067, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)
recyclates
CEN/TR 15353, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled
plastics
CEN/TR 18160, Plastics recycling — Classification of plastic recyclates as postconsumer recyclates (PCR)
and postindustrial recyclates (PIR)
This document is part of the EN 18064 series, currently consisting of all parts as listed below. This series
of standards consists of a general part 1, and material specific parts.
EN 18064, Plastics — Quality recommendations and basis for specifications for application of plastic
recyclates in products, is currently composed with the following parts:
— Part 1: General aspects
— Part 2: Polyethylene (PE)
— Part 3: Polypropylene (PP)
— Part 4: Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
— Part 5: Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)
— Part 6: Polystyrene (PS)
— Part 7: Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)
NOTE Part 6 for PS also includes EPS and XPS.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN and CENELEC by
the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these
requests for its Member States.
This part is supported by other standards on test methods to which references are made throughout this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This standards series is answering to the European Standardization Request M/584 .
European standardization deliverable(s) on quality assessment of plastic recyclates for use in products
are expected for: recycled polyethylene (rPE), recycled polypropylene (rPP), recycled polyethylene
terephthalate (rPET), recycled polyvinyl chloride (rPVC), recycled polystyrene (rPS) (including recycled
expanded polystyrene (rEPS) and recycled extruded polystyrene (rXPS)), recycled acrylonitrile-
butadiene-styrene (rABS).
How to use this standards series?
The characteristics are generic and cover the properties the converter needs at the entry of the converting
operation. The intention is that this standard series supports the establishment of first contact with
possible suppliers that could deliver this recyclate with or without compounding. The designation system
is intended to make a callout for the desired recyclate. After first contact, the specifications will be agreed
between recycler and converter. This is not part of this standards series.
This series is not intended for use as a specification system, and hence cannot be used as a means to
guaranty a certain recyclate quality to a buyer of plastic recyclates. Characteristics are specified in the
Annex B of the polymer specific parts of this series, which provides typical values or a range as applicable.
The EN 18064 series can be used by:
— producers of specific products for material selection of recyclates to be used in their products;
— recyclers to produce recyclates that are suitable for certain product families/production
technologies.
The EN 18064 series covers:
Part 1: description of purpose of this series of standards and designation system
Parts 2-7: Polymer specific parts, with two informative annexes as follows:
In the Annexes A designatory properties are given;
In the Annexes B, product families are specified in combination with the (most) relevant converting
technologies. In these Annexes B, typical values are provided for the characteristics.
The purpose of the demand driven approach is to give customers guidance to choose the recyclates that
will be adequate to use in the product of choice that is going to be manufactured.
M/584 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 1.8.2022 on a standardisation request to the European
Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as regards
plastics recycling and recycled plastics in support of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy
EN 18064 series may be used in conjunction with:
— EN 18065, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Classification of recycled plastics based on data quality levels
for use and (digital) trading.
These standards (EN 18064, Part 1 through Part 7) are aligned with ISO/TC 61 material standards:
— EN ISO 10350-1 identifies specific test procedures for the acquisition and presentation of
comparable data for certain basic properties of plastics;
— EN ISO polymer specific standards for the preparation of test specimens and determination of
properties (see normative references of the polymer specific parts EN 18064, Part 2 through 7).
The EN ISO material standards for polymers provides the designation system (see Part 1 of the EN ISO
material standards-moulding and extrusion materials). For recycling, appropriate additional test
methods should be taken up from the relevant EN or ISO material standard.
NOTE 1 The relevant EN standards could be e.g. EN 15342, EN 15344, EN 15345, EN 15346, EN 15348 and
EN 18067.
NOTE 2 The basis of the designation system is described in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 2 (2021), C.3“Designation
system.” This designation system was designed for virgin polymers. The designation system described in this
document applicable for recyclates is based on that system.
NOTE 3 EC regulations and Directives can also apply.
NOTE 4 Regarding packaging in food contact, see also European legislation e.g. EC 2023/2006 (GMP),
1935/2004, 10/2011 and 2022/1616 as amended.
1 Scope
This document is the general part of the series that describes the designation system for plastic
recyclates.
This document is dealing with recyclates after the recycling operation and prior to converting and
compounding (when applicable). It is dealing with preparation of samples and determination of
properties.
NOTE 1 This document supports the underlaying standards of this series that, per polymer type, provide an
overview of the relevant characteristics and typical values for recyclates for use in certain application groups
(product families) in combination with the relevant converting technologies.
NOTE 2 The overview of the relevant properties is based on and further extends the relevant properties given in
EN ISO 10350-1.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of 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.
CEN/TR 15353, Plastics - Recycled plastics - Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled
plastics
EN 17615, Plastics - Environmental Aspects - Vocabulary
EN ISO 472, Plastics - Vocabulary (ISO 472)
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 17615, EN ISO 472 and
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