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 |