National Standard | Recyclable Design Guidelines Part 1: PET, soliciting opinions!

The world's first: Plastic products "Design for Recycling" conference

March 21, 2025 • Suzhou Zhangjiagang

The national standard formulation project of "Plastic Recyclable Design Guide Part 1: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Material" has been included in the third batch of recommended national standards plan in 2024 ( plan number: 20241703-T-606 ). This project is an important standard development task clearly defined in the relevant action plan of the State Administration for Market Regulation.

At present, the draft of the standard has been completed and opinions are sought from experts, committee members, observers and relevant units. Please return your opinions and suggestions before March 24, 2025 .

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Background of Standardization

In recent years, due to the popularity of domestic automatic sorting equipment, the automation level of front-end packaging stations has been greatly improved. Ordinary packaging stations will have at least one sorting, and some can have up to 3 sorting; the degree of refinement of sorting mainly depends on the positioning of the recycling and regeneration enterprise and the requirements for incoming materials. Most of the downstream applications of recycled PET enter the chemical fiber field, and a small amount is used in the production of packaging tapes, plates, sheets, bottles (non-food grade) and other products.

The standard aims to improve the quality of recycled materials and the recycling rate of plastic products, reduce the impact of human factors on recycling design, reduce plastic environmental leakage, and create a good external environment for plastic recycling.

This standard is consistent with the characteristics of actual recycling flows, solves practical problems of recycling and regeneration, investigates the recycling characteristics of different plastic products, takes into account the special requirements of different categories and application scenarios, and puts forward requirements for universal applicability; it provides buffer space for products that are difficult to improve, and promotes the improvement of plastic products and the development of recycling and regeneration technologies.

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The main contents of the standard

This standard specifies the principles and requirements for the recyclable design of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products, including the requirements for selecting basic resins, barrier materials and additives, colors, sizes, accessories, labels, inks, adhesives and other design elements during product design, as well as methods for determining the recyclability of PET products . It is applicable to the recyclable design of PET that has entered or is to enter the plastic recycling system, or rigid packaging containers (bottles, barrels, boxes, cups, etc.) with PET as the main component, and thermoforming products with PET sheets as the main raw materials; it is not applicable to the recyclable design of PET chemical fiber products and the quality supervision and management of plastic products.

Example: Recycling categories for PET products with different types of barrier materials and additives

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9 standards, soliciting opinions

14 standards, soliciting participating units

As the organizer of the compilation of relevant standards for the plastic recycling industry, the Plastic Recycling Branch of the China Synthetic Resin Association (CPRRA) , commissioned by TC15, is currently soliciting participating units for 14 plastic recycling standards (9 of which are currently soliciting opinions: 9 recycled plastic standards, soliciting opinions! ). All units interested in joining the standard compilation work are welcome to actively participate.

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List of 14 criteria: