PPWR

PPWR: the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

The PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) governs packaging recyclability, recycled content and labelling across the EU. It is separate from the battery passport but shares the recycled-content transparency theme.

Last updated 1 June 2026

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) sets EU-wide rules on packaging recyclability, mandatory recycled content, and harmonised labelling. It targets packaging rather than the products inside it.

Its relevance to battery makers is thematic: like the battery passport, the PPWR makes recycled-content and end-of-life information a regulated, declared data point rather than a marketing claim.

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