Environmental labelling for packaging
According to the packaging labelling obligations for responsible entities & in order to allow the collection, reuse, recovery and recycling of packaging material, in below table you can find the identification codes of materials constituting packaging bodies, in accordance to Decision 129/97/EC. These codes are intended to be used as reference whenever not expressly indicated on the packaging itself:
Primary Packaging Type | Component | Numbering and abbreviation system |
IBC | housing body | HDPE 02 |
cap | HDPE 02 | |
cap gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
drain valve body & cap | HDPE 02 | |
drain valve steel screw | FE 40 | |
drain valve components | OTHER 07 | |
drain valve gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
seal | PP 05 | |
cage and plates | FE 40 | |
angular protection shields | HDPE 02 | |
metal pallet | FE 40 + HDPE 02 | |
Steel drums | main body | FE 40 |
cover | FE 40 | |
cover gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
metal cap | FE 40 | |
plastic cap | PP 05 | |
cap gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
closing ring | FE 40 | |
metal seal caps | FE 40 | |
Drums & Jerrycans for liquids components | Packaging body | HDPE 02 |
cap (DIN 30/51/60/85) | HDPE 02 | |
cap gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
diaphragm breather device | OTHER 07 | |
Open top Drums | body of the container | HDPE 02 |
lid | HDPE 02 | |
lid – gaskets | OTHER 07 | |
handles | HDPE 02 | |
closing ring | FE 40 | |
F-IBC | Body of the packaging | PP 05 |
in-liner | LDPE 04 | |
B lock | HDPE 02 | |
Plastic bag | LDPE 04 | |
Paper bag | PAP22 | |
Plastic bucket | main body | PP 05 |
lid | PP 05 | |
handle | FE 40 |
Secondary Packaging Type | Component | Numbering and abbreviation system |
Cardboard box | PAP 20 | |
Corrugated pads | PAP 20 | |
Cardboard corner protectors | PAP 20 | |
Wooden pallets | FOR 50 | |
Pallets’ nails | FE 40 | |
Adhesive tape | PET 01 | |
Pallets cover | LDPE 04 | |
Stretch wrap film | LDPE 04 | |
Label | PP 05 |
Issue No. 1 – revision 0 – Date: 31/12/2022