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Category No | Predominant packaging material | Packaging type | Format (illustrative and non-exhaustive) | Colour / Optical transmittance 1 | Glass | Glass and composite packaging, of which the majority is glass | Bottles, jars, flacons, cosmetics pots, tubs, ampoules, vials made of glass (soda lime silica), aerosol cans | — 2 | Paper/cardboard | Paper/cardboard packaging | Boxes, trays, grouped packaging, flexible paper packaging (e.g. films, sheets, pouches, lidding, cones, wrappers) | — 3 | Paper/cardboard | Composite packaging of which the majority is paper/cardboard | Liquid packaging board, and paper cups (i.e. laminated with polyolefin and with or without aluminium), trays, plates and cups, metallised or plastic laminated paper/cardboard, paper/cardboard with plastic liners/ windows | — 4 | Metal | Steel and composite packaging of which the majority is steel | Rigid formats (aerosols cans, cans, paint tins, boxes, trays, drums, tubes) made of steel, including tinplate and stainless steel | — 5 | Metal | Aluminium and composite packaging of which the majority is aluminium – rigid | Rigid formats (food and beverage cans, bottles, aerosols, drums, tubes, cans, boxes, trays) made of aluminium | — 6 | Metal | Aluminium and composite packaging of which the majority is aluminium – semi-rigid and flexible | Semi rigid and flexible formats (containers and trays, tubes, foils, flexible foil) made of aluminium | — 7 | Plastic | PET – rigid | Bottles and flasks | Transparent clear / coloured, opaque 8 | Plastic | PET – rigid | Rigid formats other than bottles and flasks (including pots, tubs, jars, cups, mono- and multilayer trays and containers, aerosol cans) | Transparent clear / coloured, opaque 9 | Plastic | PET – flexible | Films | Natural / coloured 10 | Plastic | PE – rigid | Containers, bottles, trays, pots and tubes | Natural / coloured 11 | Plastic | PE – flexible | Films, including multilayer and multi-material packaging | Natural / coloured 12 | Plastic | PP – rigid | Containers, bottles, trays, pots and tubes | Natural / coloured 13 | Plastic | PP – flexible | Films, including multilayer and multi-material packaging | Natural / coloured 14 | Plastic | HDPE and PP – rigid | Crates and pallets, corrugated board plastic | Natural / coloured 15 | Plastic | PS and XPS – rigid | Rigid formats (including dairy packaging, trays, cups and other food containers) | Natural / coloured 16 | Plastic | EPS – rigid | Rigid formats (including fish boxes / white goods and trays) | Natural / coloured 17 | Plastic | Other rigid plastics (e.g. PVC, PC) including multi-materials – rigid | Rigid formats, including. intermediate bulk containers, drums | — 18 | Plastic | Other flexible plastics including multi-materials – flexible | Pouches, blisters, thermoformed packaging, vacuum packaging, modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging, including flexible intermediate bulk containers, bags, stretch films | — 19 | Plastic | Biodegradable plastics (1) – rigid (e.g. PLA, PHB) and flexible (e.g. PLA) | Rigid and flexible formats | — 20 | Wood, cork | Wooden packaging, including cork | Pallets, boxes, crates | — 21 | Textile | Natural and synthetic textile fibres | Bags | — 22 | Ceramics or porcelain stoneware | Clay, stone | Pots, containers, bottles, jars | —

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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.