Frequently asked questions

Does sending packaging to recycling plants mean it has been effectively recycled?

Recycling is an industrial activity and, as such, there are losses throughout the process of transforming waste into new raw materials.  From 2025, new regulations will require EU Member States to apply a much more accurate method of calculating the amount of waste actually recycled, locating the measurement point immediately prior to the actual transformation of the material, rather than at the entrance to the sorting plant, as required by previous legislation.