15 Dec 2022 --- The 4evergreen alliance has published the beta release of its Fibre-Based Packaging Recyclability Evaluation Protocol (REP), part one for standard mills. This tool is said to support the value chain to enhance and harmonize how it evaluates the recyclability of existing and future packaging products. The alliance stresses that fiber-based packaging designers have, up until now, lacked a common European method to assess product recyclability and maximize circularity. The REP guides users on how to interpret the results of the Cepi recyclability laboratory test method, which provides parameters covering the efficiency of the recycling process and the quality of the recycled paper produced. To fill this gap, 4evergreen, “the first” alliance covering the whole fiber-based packaging sector, joined forces to develop the REP. Seventy-five experts across the value chain have collaborated on the project, analyzing data and incorporating results from more than 50 recycling tests involving close to 100 different samples.
