SEPAWA® CONGRESS 2022 

Speaker: Immo Sander

Company: Werner & Mertz GmbH

Title: The Use of Post-Consumer Recycled Plastics in Cosmetic Packaging Applications

Abstract: The use of post-consumer recycled plastics for packaging materials is a crucial part of a sustainable circular economy to fulfil the targets of the European Green Deal. Up to now there are no standards for cleaning procedures, quality targets or maximum acceptable levels of contaminations which certain chemicals for post-consumer recyclates. The European Consortium CosPaTox aimed to establish such requirements and to create a guideline for manufacturer and converter of post-consumer recyclates as well as for brand owners of the cosmetic and detergents industry. This presentation shall explain goals and tasks of the Consortium, the current state of the work in different work packages as well as the upcoming further steps and highlight some of the results which are already available and likely to become part of the final guideline.