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Belgium/Europe

EcoDesign Tool For Packaging

A simple tool to calculate the environmental impact of your packaging.

Country of Origin: Belgium

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: BEE, CITEO and Adelphe

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Belgium

Pack4Recycling

Basic self-assessment tool that covers most-frequently used materials for packaging such as plastic, paper, glass, aluminium, steel, and wood.

Country of Origin: Belgium

Publisher: FostPlus

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United Kingdom

PREP

Recyclability tool based on material type and format, including non-plastic materials.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: United Kingdom

Publisher: OPRL

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United Kingdom/Europe

PackScore (British Plastics Federation)

Interactive tool based on plastic types and packaging formats providing a recyclability rating from A - F.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: British Plastics Federation

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Europe

RecyClass

Recyclability tool based on plastic type and packaging format used.

Country of Origin: Europe

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Plastics Recyclers Europe

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DE

EasyD4R

Recyclability tool evaluates the recyclability of packaging based on its composition and the individual weight proportions of the respective components

Country of Origin: DE

Publisher: Henkel

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United Kingdom/Europe

Circulytics

Material Circularity Indicator, measuring material flows of a product and providing a score, with indicators for additional impacts and risks.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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France

TREE

Multi-material recyclability test based on material type and format used, including non-plastic materials.

Country of Origin: France

Applicable Region: France

Publisher: Citeo and Adelphe

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Tags: Guides: Design for Recyclability

US

APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability

Extensive guidelines on recyclability of different packaging features such as material, closures, labels, inks, coatings, etc.

Country of Origin: US

Publisher: Association of Plastic Recyclers

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Europe

Ceflex: Recyclability of Flexible Packaging

The guidelines have been developed by, and for, the whole value chain, from flexible packaging manufacturers to brand owners and retailers. The content is based on value chain consensus, using the best available data from testing and commercial practices.

Country of Origin: Europe

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Ceflex

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Belgium/Europe

'Design for Recycling’ for PET Bottles

These guidelines for the design of PET bottles define their ease of recyclability based on choices of colour, barrier layers, closures, label systems and other features and establish criteria that can be used to avoid the production of difficult to recycle bottles to ensure a greater supply of high-quality rPET to the market.

Country of Origin: Belgium

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: European PET Bottle Platform

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US

Beauty and Personal Care Products Sustainability Rating System

Rating system of 32 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including packaging, disclosure, human health, and supply chain and the environment, including product attributes and company activities.

Country of Origin: US

Publisher: The Sustainability Consortium

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BE

Design for Recyclability Guidelines for PET Trays

Simple to download one page guidance on design for recyclability of PET trays.

Country of Origin: BE

Publisher: PetcoreEurope

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Germany/Europe

IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen

EcoDesign Round Table

Guide to help outline an eco-design strategy for packaging projects, including optimising resources, sustainable material procurement, usage, and recyclability.

Country of Origin: Germany

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen

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Tags: Recycled Content

France/Europe

Practical Guide for Integrating Recycled Plastics into the Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Guide for integrating recycled plastics into the electrical and electronic equipment featuring advice on supply, regulatory compliance, and other business considerations.

Country of Origin: France

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Eco-systèmes

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Tags: Recycled Content

United States/Global

Design for Recycled Content Guide

Guidelines and case studies on incorporating recycled content into packaging products, including non-plastic products

Country of Origin: United States

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: Sustainable Packaging Coalition

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UK

Sustainability Checklist for Packaging

Multi-material food and drink packaging sustainability checklist covering functionality, reuse, recovery and recycling, and transport .

Country of Origin: UK

Publisher: Incpen

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United Kingdom/Europe

Recyclability by Design: Core Principles For Plastic Packaging Recyclability

Summary guidelines on recyclability of different packaging features such as material, closures, labels, inks, coatings, etc.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Recoup and BPF

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United Kingdom/Europe

Rigid Plastic Packaging: Design Tips for Recycling

Simplified tips for making plastic packaging more recyclable, including breakdown by body, closure and decoration

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Recoup and WRAP

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United Kingdom/Europe

Recyclability by Design

Extensive guidelines on recyclability of different packaging features such as material, closures, labels, inks, coatings, etc.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Recoup

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Belgium/Europe

Guidelines on ‘Design for Recycling’

Recyclability tables broken down by product type, then by features such as container material, barrier, additives, labels, adhesives etc.

Country of Origin: Belgium

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Plastics Recyclers Europe

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Belgium/Europe

Guiding Principles on 'Sustainable Plastic Packaging Design'

Guiding principles on important criteria to consider to ensure sustainable packaging for detergents, cleaners and maintenance products.

Country of Origin: Belgium

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: A.I.S.E

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France

Recyclability of Plastic Packaging (Cotrep)

Recyclability guidance with checklist on packaging features, mechanical properties, and implementation advice.

Country of Origin: France

Applicable Region: France

Publisher: Cotrep

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

US

COMPASS (Comparative Packaging Assessment)

The COMPASS tool enables companies to optimise susutainable packaging design whilst achieve sustainability goals

Country of Origin: US

Publisher: GreenBlue

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

US/Global

SavvyPack®

SavvyPack® analytical service provides fully integrated value chain and life cycle analysis utilising a three-pronged approach (analysis, content and software) to provide economic and environmental analysis to the packaging industry.

Country of Origin: US

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: SavvyPack

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

Global

Umberto

Umberto is an LCA with integrated cost analysis, both the ecoinvent and GaBi LCA databases can be used to provide background data for creating a full-scale Life Cycle Assessment.

Country of Origin: Global

Publisher: ifu Hamberg

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

NL/Global

SimaPro

SimaPro is an LCA tool that collects, analyses and monitors the sustainability performance data of company’s products and services. Includes many LCI databases, including ecoinvent v3 database.

Country of Origin: NL

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: PRé Sustainability

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

DE/Global

OpenLCA

OpenLCA is an open source, free, life cycle and sustainability assessment software allowing companies to model and assess any product over its life cycle, from resource extraction to production, use and disposal.

Country of Origin: DE

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: GreenDelta GmbH

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

AU/Global

The Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (PIQET)

A streamlined LCA tool designed to assess the environmental impacts and resource consumption profiles of different packaging options.

Country of Origin: AU

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: PIQET

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

BE

Eco-Design of Packaging

Eco-Design of Packaging was designed to help make the overall product packaging environmental footprint as small as possible. Shows relative impact at each stage of the lifecylce of a product. Including GHG impact, energy and water consumption.

Country of Origin: BE

Publisher: FostPlus

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

DE/Global

GaBi Packaging Calculator

GaBi Packaging Calculator is an LCA calculator specially designed for packaging, combining LCA modelling and reporting software, content databases and intuitive data collection and reporting tools.

Country of Origin: DE

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: thinkstep

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Inventory Database

BE

Eco-profiles

PlasticsEurope’s Eco-profiles is home to all the Life Cycle Inventory datasets (LCI) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for plastics. This platform comprises of Life Cycle Inventory datasets (LCI) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for plastics

Country of Origin: BE

Publisher: PlasticsEurope

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Inventory Database

CH

Ecoinvent

The ecoinvent database provides well documented process data for thousands of products, helping you make truly informed choices about their environmental impact.

Country of Origin: CH

Publisher: Ecoinvent

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Tags: Recycled Content

United Kingdom

Recycled Content Used in Plastic Packaging Applications

The guidance is aimed at companies wishing to include recycled content in food, drink, cosmetics and pharmaceutical packaging; it is also designed to help policymakers better understand the sector-specific issues.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: United Kingdom

Publisher: BPF, FDF, CTPA

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Analysis

France

eDEA - elipack

An Elipso members-only LCA tool adapted to the plastic and flexible packaging sector.

Country of Origin: France

Applicable Region: France

Publisher: ELIPSO

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Tags: LCA ToolLife Cycle Inventory Database

Europe/Global

PlasticsEurope Public LCI Database

This LCI Database identifies and explains a set of 16 process data that are split into classifications based on: processes, production, material production (including but not limited to plastic).

Country of Origin: Europe

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: PlasticsEurope

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Tags: LCA ToolCarbon Footprinting

United Kingdom

Footprint Manager

A cloud-based reporting tool, enabling your organisation to measure, manage and reduce its carbon footprint.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Publisher: The Carbon Trust

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United Kingdom

Footprint Express

A desktop-based software tool enabling companies to calculate a product or service footprint consistent carbon footprint measurements for products and services

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Publisher: The Carbon Trust

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United Kingdom

Data Analytics Manager

Enabling organisations to visualise their sustainability data to enable data-driven decision making and move to advanced ‘big data’ analytics that drive decisions on sustainability strategy.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Publisher: The Carbon Trust

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France/Europe

REEEcycLab

The REEEcycLab tool was developed as a contribution to understanding what can be recycled in a finished product that incorporates multiple types of materials.

Country of Origin: France

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Éco-Systèmes

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Tags: Guides: Design for RecyclabilityDesign for Recyclability

France

CITEO 2020 Rate List for Recycling Household Packaging

Citeo’s 2020 rate list for recycling household packaging was designed to reflect the shared ambition of reducing the environmental impact of packaging, developing the recycling infrastructure and preserving the planet’s natural resources.

Country of Origin: France

Publisher: CITEO

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Italy/Europe

Guidelines to Facilitate the Recycling of Plastic Packaging

This guidance document successfully identifies, categorises, protects and preserves various forms of packaging suitable for recycling.

Country of Origin: Italy

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: CONAI

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Germany/Europe

Design4Recycling

This guideline acts as an assessment on the recyclability of plastic packaging.

Country of Origin: Germany

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Der Grüne Punkt

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Tags: Guides: Design for RecyclabilityIncorporating Recycled Content

Austria/Europe

Borealis’ 10 Codes of Conduct

Borealis’ 10 Codes of Conduct provide an overview of technical reasons for changes in plastic packaging design, independent of the individual application and/or packaging type.

Country of Origin: Austria

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Borealis

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Austria/Europe

Packaging and Resource Management sector of FH Campus Wien

Circular Packaging Design Guideline

The Circular Packaging Design Guideline identifies the current trends within the EU Circular Economy Package (FPF reported), describes the evaluation of recyclability, and highlights the latest technical recycling and packaging solutions.

Country of Origin: Austria

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Packaging and Resource Management sector of FH Campus Wien

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Denmark/Europe

Network for Circular Plastic Packaging (on behalf of the Danish Plastics Federation)

Reuse and Recycling of Plastic Packaging for Private Consumers

This manual shows how circular plastic packaging for private use should be designed.

Country of Origin: Denmark

Applicable Region: Europe

Publisher: Network for Circular Plastic Packaging (on behalf of the Danish Plastics Federation)

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South Africa/Africa

Design for Recycling for packaging and paper in South Africa

The aim of the “Design for Recycling for Packaging and Paper in SA” guide is to encourage designers to consider recycling possibilities, provide guidelines for those wishing to make their packaging (more) recyclable and provide everyone with information to prevent their packaging inadvertently interfering with existing plastic recycling streams.

Country of Origin: South Africa

Applicable Region: Africa

Publisher: PackagingSA

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United Kingdom/Global

PolymerCourses.com (content by Brian Lodge)

Sustainable Plastic Packaging – The Fundamentals of Good Design (Online Training Course)

Online course offering technical insight into ensuring plastic packaging is easy to recycle, how it can be made for reuse, how to improve resource efficiency

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: PolymerCourses.com (content by Brian Lodge)

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United Kingdom/Global

Plastic Packaging – Understanding the Environmental Issues

Online course that addresses the key questions around the environmental issues around plastics packaging

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Applicable Region: Global

Publisher: PolymerCourses.com (content by Brian Lodge)

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EcoDesign Tool For Packaging

Pack4Recycling

PREP

PackScore (British Plastics Federation)

RecyClass

EasyD4R

Circulytics

TREE

APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability

Ceflex: Recyclability of Flexible Packaging

'Design for Recycling’ for PET Bottles

Beauty and Personal Care Products Sustainability Rating System

Design for Recyclability Guidelines for PET Trays

EcoDesign Round Table

Practical Guide for Integrating Recycled Plastics into the Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Design for Recycled Content Guide

Sustainability Checklist for Packaging

Recyclability by Design: Core Principles For Plastic Packaging Recyclability

Rigid Plastic Packaging: Design Tips for Recycling

Recyclability by Design

Guidelines on ‘Design for Recycling’

Guiding Principles on 'Sustainable Plastic Packaging Design'

Recyclability of Plastic Packaging (Cotrep)

COMPASS (Comparative Packaging Assessment)

SavvyPack®

Umberto

SimaPro

OpenLCA

The Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (PIQET)

Eco-Design of Packaging

GaBi Packaging Calculator

Eco-profiles

Ecoinvent

Recycled Content Used in Plastic Packaging Applications

eDEA - elipack

PlasticsEurope Public LCI Database

Footprint Manager

Footprint Express

Data Analytics Manager

REEEcycLab

CITEO 2020 Rate List for Recycling Household Packaging

Guidelines to Facilitate the Recycling of Plastic Packaging

Design4Recycling

Borealis’ 10 Codes of Conduct

Circular Packaging Design Guideline

Reuse and Recycling of Plastic Packaging for Private Consumers

Design for Recycling for packaging and paper in South Africa

Sustainable Plastic Packaging – The Fundamentals of Good Design (Online Training Course)

Plastic Packaging – Understanding the Environmental Issues