Regulatory & Policy September 22, 2026
The Commission's three early consultations on recycled plastic in packaging closed on September 16, 2026. They cover how recycled content is calculated and verified (Article 7(8), 188 responses), the sustainability criteria that decide which plastic recycling technologies count (Article 7(9), 223 responses), and the conditions for counting recycled material imported from outside the EU (Article 7(10), 142 responses). All three acts are due by December 31, 2026.
Correction. Our August 25 entry described two consultations. There were three: the Article 7(9) call for evidence opened on the same day, August 14, and this site said until today that no register entry existed for it. It did. The Delegated Acts tab now carries it as ACT-11.
What changes for you today: nothing. The 2030 minimum recycled-content percentages apply from January 1, 2030 or three years after the calculation act takes effect, whichever is later, so the timing of these acts can still move that date. If your recycled-content plan leans on chemical recycling, the Article 7(9) criteria decide whether that output counts; if it leans on imported recyclate, Article 7(10) does. Drafts come next, and the drafts are where the detail lands.
Source: European Commission Have Your Say initiatives 18753 (Ares(2026)7895997), 19033 (Ares(2026)7896093) and 18752 (Ares(2026)7896043), register entries read September 22, 2026; Reg (EU) 2025/40 Art. 7(8), 7(9) and 7(10), OJ text. [SIGNALED] on status; the call-for-evidence documents have not been read here.
This entry is part of the PPWR Atlas update log. The Atlas is re-checked against the Official Journal, Commission guidance, and each national PRO's published schedule, and everything that changes gets logged with its source. See the week of September 21, 2026 or the full update archive.