Find here all the resources you need to improve the recyclability of plastic packaging.
Cotrep provides you with useful documents to improve the recyclability of your packaging:
Tools for ecodesign
Cotrep's knowledge turned into practical guidelines
- Cotrep guidelines - Tubes
- Recyclability of plastic tubes
- August 2022
- Recyclability of plastic tubes - Cotrep guidelines - Tubes - August 2022
- Cotrep guidelines - Pots and Trays
- Recyclability of pots and trays
- January 2025
- Recyclability of pots and trays - Cotrep guidelines - Pots and Trays - January 2025
Tests protocols
All recyclability tests are conducted with the following protocols.
- Rigid PP-1
- Regeneration of rigid PP household packaging
- December 2024
- Regeneration of rigid PP household packaging - Rigid PP-1 - December 2024
- Rigid PE-2
- Manufacture of Recycled Rigid PE Bottles by Extrusion Blow Moulding
- October 2024
- Manufacture of Recycled Rigid PE Bottles by Extrusion Blow Moulding - Rigid PE-2 - October 2024
- Rigid PE-1
- Regeneration of rigid PE household packaging
- October 2024
- Regeneration of rigid PE household packaging - Rigid PE-1 - October 2024
- Flexible PE-2
- Production of Recycled PE films by Blow Extrusion
- February 2025
- Production of Recycled PE films by Blow Extrusion - Flexible PE-2 - February 2025
- Flexible PE-1
- Regeneration of flexible PE household packaging
- February 2025
- Regeneration of flexible PE household packaging - Flexible PE-1 - February 2025
- Sorting-P1
- Sorting – dark packaging – Test procedure for assessing dark packaging detectability in optical sorting
- July 2024
- Sorting – dark packaging – Test procedure for assessing dark packaging detectability in optical sorting - Sorting-P1 - July 2024
- PET-P0
- PET – Bottle – Bottle to bottle Petcore protocole : test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on the regeneration of PET bottles and on the production of bottles using R-PET
- September 2007
- PET – Bottle – Bottle to bottle Petcore protocole : test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on the regeneration of PET bottles and on the production of bottles using R-PET - PET-P0 - September 2007
- PET-P1
- PET – fiber – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on production of fibers using R-PET
- November 2010
- PET – fiber – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on production of fibers using R-PET - PET-P1 - November 2010
- PET-P2
- PET – sheet – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on production of sheets using R-PET
- November 2010
- PET – sheet – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials on production of sheets using R-PET - PET-P2 - November 2010
- PET-P3
- PET – strapping – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials for packaging on production of strapping using R-PET
- November 2010
- PET – strapping – Test procedure to determine the impact of a new packaging or new packaging materials for packaging on production of strapping using R-PET - PET-P3 - November 2010
Cotrep's operations
The operation of Cotrep is governed by a charter co-signed by the three founding organisations.
- Charter
- Cotrep’s operating charter
- October 2020
- Cotrep’s operating charter - Charter - October 2020
Technical studies
Find here all technical studies published by Cotrep since its creation.