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Identification of packaging materials

 

Commission decision of 28 January 1997 establishing the identification system for packaging materials pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste 97/129/EC).

Extracts from the numbering and abbreviation system:

 

Material

Abbreviation

Number

Plastics

Polyethylene terephthalate

PET

1

 

High density polyethylene

HDPE

2

 

Polyvinyl chloride

PVC

3

 

Low density polyethylene

LDPE

4

 

Polypropylene

PP

5

 

Polystyrene

PS

6

 

 

 

 

Paper and fibreboard

Corrugated fibreboard

PAP

20

 

Non-corrugated fibreboard

PAP

21

 

Paper

PAP

22

 

 

 

 

Metals

Steel

FE

40

 

Aluminium

ALU

41

 

 

 

 

Wood materials

Wood

FOR

50

 

Cork

FOR

51

 

 

 

 

Textile materials

Cotton

TEX

60

 

Jute

TEX

61

 

 

 

 

Glass

Colourless glass

GL

70

 

Green glass

GL

71

 

Brown glass

GL

73

 

 

 

 

Composites

Paper and fibreboard/miscellaneous metals

 

80

 

Paper and fibreboard/plastic

 

81

 

Paper and fibreboard/aluminium

 

82

 

Paper and fibreboard/tinplate

 

83

 

Paper and fibreboard/plastic/aluminium

 

84

 

Paper and fibreboard/plastic/aluminium/tinplate

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

Plastic/aluminium

 

90

 

Plastic/tinplate

 

91

 

Plastic/miscellaneous metals

 

92

 

 

 

 

 

Glass/plastic

 

95

 

Glass/aluminium

 

96

 

Glass/tinplate

 

97

 

Glass/miscellaneous metals

 

98

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