Original title: Businesses continue to use less recyclable materials under EPR, data warns
Summary
Packaging Europe reports that UK freedom-of-information data indicates extensive continued use of packaging rated difficult to recycle or carrying mixed ratings among obligated producers. The reported percentage belongs to that dataset and should not be generalized without its context.
What happened?
EPR is intended to connect end-of-life costs with packaging decisions, but contracts, machinery, shelf-life needs and the availability of proven alternatives can slow change. A technically sound redesign therefore needs more than a material substitution.
Key details
For flexible packaging, the practical question is how to simplify structures while retaining barrier, seal and mechanical performance. Brands also need traceable component weights and supplier evidence before making recyclability claims.
Why it matters
For Iranian exporters, the destination market should be part of the initial brief. Fam Negar’s conclusion is to test lower-complexity options on the real line and document the result rather than applying broad environmental labels. This analysis distinguishes published data, company claims and Fam Negar editorial interpretation. It does not reproduce the source article. Any change to film, ink, adhesive, print process or pouch format still requires a real sample, valid supplier documents and a production trial. Price, capacity, certification or final fitness cannot be inferred from a news item. Export projects also require a separate review of destination-market rules and infrastructure. The source date and original link remain part of the traceable record so the analysis can be updated when authoritative information changes.