PACKAGING - REGULATIONS &

ENVIRONMENT

Charlotte Aub

July 2013

PRESENTATION PLAN
Current packaging regulations.
Symbols.
French & Polish Organisations (Green dot).
LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) process.

Current packaging
regulations

Legislation process.
Directive
Proposed by European Committee
Voted by the European Council

Decree(s) / Act(s)
Taken by country representative(s) :
First Minister / President of the Republic

Standard(s)
Norm(s)
Rules enacted by public authority

Directive adopted by European Committee and European Council is a standardised european directive,
so each Member State must respect it and isnt allowed to change anything.
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European directives.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/

Directive 75/442/CEE of the Council of the 15/07/1975

Regarding waste elimination.

European directive nb. 94/62/CE dated 12/20/1994

Regarding packaging and waste packaging,
Priority : root reduction, then reuse or recycling with un global objective of
value-creation at the end of packaging life.

Decision of the Committee nb. 97/129/CE dated 01/28/1997

Establish material identification system.

European directive nb. 2004/12/CE dated 02/11/2004

Modify the directive nb. 94/62/CE.

European directive nb. 2005/20/CE dated 03/09/2005

Obligation

Modify the directive nb. 94/62/CE,

Due to entry of 10 new members (achievement of set objectives extension 2015).
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European directives - next.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/

European directive nb. 2006/12/CE dated 04/05/2006

Relating waste,
Forbid waste uncontrolled elimination,
Each waste owner have to contribute to their elimination (necessary
authorisation).

European directive nb. 2008/98/CE dated 11/19/2008

Relating waste,
Value-creation with energy recovery must be only used if it represents a high
energy efficiency.

Obligation

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Comparison.
EUROPEAN
DIRECTIVE

European
directive nb.
94/62/CE dated
20/12/1994.

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http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/
http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/VolumeServlet?type=wdu

POLISH ACT

FRENCH DECREE

Act dated 04/27/2001 named The

Waste Act (O odpadach).

Decree n92-377 dated

04/01/1992.

Act dated 05/11/2001 named The

Act on Packaging and Packaging
Waste (O opakowaniach i odpadach

Decree n94-609 dated

07/13/1994.

opakowaniowych).

Decree n98-638 dated

07/20/1998.

Act dated 05/11/2001 named The

Act on Producer Responsibility with
Decree n2007-1467
regard to the Management of
dated 10/12/2007.
Certain Waste, Product Fee and
Deposit Fee (O obowizkach
Environment Code
przedsibiorcw w zakresie gospodarowania
(consolidated version
niektrymi odpadami oraz o opacie
produktowej i opacie depozytowej).
dated 02/23/11).

French decrees to translate European directives.

Act n75-633 dated 07/15/1975
Relating waste elimination and material recovery.

Decree n92-377 dated 04/01/1992

About packaging wastes abandoned. ,
Application of the previous act (n75-633). ,)..>
Each packaging producer, whose products are commercialized in packaging, have
to contribute or provide to the elimination of all their packaging wastes .,
Registered companies by Public Authority take reponsability for that in return for
financial compensation (eg. Green Dot).

Decree n94-609 dated 07/13/1994

Relating waste elimination whose owners are not the household .
Application of the previous act n75-633,
Industrial wastes..

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Obligation

French decrees to translate directives - next.

Decree n98-638 dated 07/20/1998
Relating taking into account environmental requirements in design and packaging
manufacturing,
Transposition of the directive nb. 94/62/CE,
Limitation of the packaging volume and its mass as low as possible..

Decree n2007-1467 dated 10/12/2007

Relating Book V of Environnement Code regulatory section,
Abrogate the decree nb. 98-638 from 16/10/07.

Environnement Code (consolidated version dated 02/23/11)

Transposition of the directive nb. 2004/12/CE in French law and in reference to
standardized norms.
Obligation

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French acts to translate European directives.

Act n2009-967 dated 08/03/09 named Grenelle 1
Relating implementation of Grenelle de lEnvironnement ,
Environnemental
information
of
the
pair
product/packaging
(contents/containers) necessary for the consumer.

Act n2010-788 dated 07/12/10 named Grenelle 2

Act named national commitment for environment ,
Experimentation of LCA approach (Life Cycle Analysis),
Experimentation of environmental publication (multicriteria publication ).
Packaging wastes have to be recuperate by
than 2500 m.

selling establishments bigger

Obligation

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Five AFNOR norms due to decree n98-638.

NF EN 13427
Outline-norm for others norms
Material identification and packaging marking
Marking and material identification system : FD CR 143 1 1
PREVENTION
Root reduction : NF EN 13 428 Prevention by root reduction and hazardous
susbtance minimization :
Heavy metals : FD CR 13695 -1,
Substances dangereuses : FD CR 13695 -2.
No designed for reuse

Designed for reuse

NF EN 13429
Packaging reuse

Recycling

NF EN 13430
Value-creation with material
recycling

NF EN 13432
Value-creation with
composting and
et biodegradation

NF EN 13431
Value-creation with
energy recovery

Decision of the Committee nb. 97/129/CE dated 06/28/2001 says that these norms dont fulfill all
conditions of the directive. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=DD:13:26:32001D0524:PL:PDF
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How is recycled a blister in France ?

PREVENTION
Root reduction : NF EN 13 428 Prevention by root reduction and hazardous
susbtance minimization :
Heavy metals : FD CR 13695 -1,
Substances dangereuses : FD CR 13695 -2.

=> Ask for your supplier an

attestation about compliance
with EC 94/62.
1 attestation / year

PVC or APET
NF EN 13431
Value-creation with
energy recovery

Cardboard card

NF EN 13430
Value-creation with material
recycling

Cardboard inserts
NF EN 13430
Value-creation with material
recycling

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How is recycled a case (cardboard) in France ?

PREVENTION
Root reduction : NF EN 13 428 Prevention by root reduction and hazardous
susbtance minimization :
Heavy metals : FD CR 13695 -1,
Substances dangereuses : FD CR 13695 -2.

=> Ask for your supplier an

attestation about compliance
with EC 94/62.
1 attestation / year

Cardboard case
NF EN 13430
Value-creation with material
recycling

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Supplier attestation about compliance with EC 94/62.

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Example of attestation asked by our customers.

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Environmental
symbols

Polymer resins identification code.

SPI resin identification coding system set up in 1988,

No obligation to put it (voluntary marking),
Codification in accordance with european decision nb. 97/129/CE.

Identifies the kind of

material => polymer
material ( plastic )

Identifies the PVC

material
(kind of polymer)

PVC
Abbreviation of the
kind of polymer

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Polymer resins identification numbers.

Recycling number

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Abbreviation

Polymer name

PETE (UK) or PET (FR)

Polyethylene terephtalate

HDPE (UK) or PEHD (FR)

Polyethylene high density

V (UK) or PVC (FR) (UK)

Polyvinyl chloride

LDPE (UK) or PEBD (FR)

Polyethylene low density

PP

Polypropylene

PS

Polystyrene

Others (UK) or autres (FR)

Nylon, PC, multimaterials,

Official ecolabels.
European ecolabel (28 members states in Europe)
Pair product/packaging,
Global approach = on all the life cycle of the product,
Regulation (EC) n66/10 dated 11/25/2009 (applicable regulation).

Others in the world

Promote products with lower effects on environment but with, at least, an
equivalent use compared to similar products on all the life cycle.

Germany

Nordic countries

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Canada

Japan

Hungary

France

Singapor

Forestry ecolabel.
FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
10 criteria,
Put on wood and by-products from sustainable managed forests.

PEFC (Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification Scheme)

6 criteria,
Put on wood and by-products from sustainable managed forests.

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Self-proclaimed ecolabel .
Moebius strip
Recycling symbol according to ISO 14021 norm,
Without % : packaging is recyclable ; that is to say technologically recyclable =>
there are recycling and value-creation industries,
With % : packaging is made with recycled material (equal to the %).
Made with 65% of recycled
paper

And a lot AGAIN

Caution : Mbius strip hasnt the same meaning than the RESY symbol used in Germany.

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Others markings.
Material identification

Green Dot

Tidy man symbol

Cleanliness incitement,
The goal is to invite the consumer to throw his packaging product in a bin.

These symbols arent in the ISO 14021 norm because they arent recognize as environmental declaration
(they dont bring an environmental advantage).
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Sorting incitements in Reilly.

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French and Polish

organisations

French organisations.
Adelphe et co-Emballages
Consequence of the decree n92-377 ,
Packaging producer delegate his obligation to a registred company (by Public
Authority) in return for financial compensation.

Green Dot symbol

It means that producers of the packaged products contribute to the elimination of
all of its packaging wastes in return for a financial compensation (he is in order with
the decree dated 04/01/1992).
Obligation

Put on packaging,
Only for household packagings.
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Polish organisation.
Rekopol
Consequence of the european directive 94/62/EC.
For household, trade and industrial packagings.

http://www.rekopol.pl/
Obligation

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European organisation.

http://www.pro-e.org/

Green Dot in Europe.

The same symbol in Europe : PRO EUROPE (Packaging Recovery
Organisation) created in 1995 :
Trade-Mark Green Dot ,
General licensor of Trade-Mark Green Dot .

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http://pro-e.org/files/Participation%20Costs%202013-edit.pdf

Price scales.
Contribution

Contribution

Two kinds of contribution.

0,0121 EUR/kg

0,1633 EUR/kg

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LCA
(Life Cycle Analysis)

LCA.
Objectives
Identify and measure product and process potential effects on environment,
Speak with datas to compare products amongst themselves and no compare with
opinion,
Measure on all the life cycle of the pair packaging/product,
Identify improvement possibilities of environmental performance products,

Norms
Norm NF EN ISO 14040 : 2006 (LCA Principles and surroundings ),
Norm NF EN ISO 14044 : 2006 (LCA Requirements and overarching structure ),

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LCA.
Life Cycle

3- Delivery

4- Selling

2- Manufacturing
5- Use

Component recycling
Material recycling

Reuse

6- End of life

1- Raw materials
Energy recovery

Compostable and biodegradable

material

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Example of the V41 life cycle (Reilly).

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LCA.
What is the goal of the multi-steps approach?
To avoid pollution transferts

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