Since 12 August 2026 every packaging item placed on the EU market falls under the directly applicable PPWR regulation. No national transposition, no grace period for new products. Below: the full obligation timeline, the actual numeric thresholds, and the point where CorruGet technology already meets the 2030 and 2035–2040 requirements.
PPWR has applied since 12 August 2026Do not get caught out. Do not get fined.
PPWRapka shows which of your packaging types will fail, issues the Declaration of Conformity and keeps the technical documentation an inspection will ask for. The first declaration is free.
And then it stops being about fines. PPWR is mapped out to 2040, and every threshold raises the cost of packaging that has not adapted. Companies that move first will not merely avoid sanctions. They will build a lead their competitors spend years closing. Packaging innovation stops being an environmental project and becomes a permanent part of strategy.
Five thresholds that set the pace of change in beverage packaging. Dates and scope per Regulation (EU) 2025/40.
Compiled from the “PPWR in a nutshell” briefing (PPWRapka, 2026) and Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council. National implementing acts may still shift in scope and timing — we track the current state in PPWRapka.
The same regulation imposes different duties depending on where you sit in the chain.
Minimum recycled material content in plastic packaging — by category and year.
| Packaging category | 2030 | 2040 |
|---|---|---|
| Contact-sensitive PET | 30% | 50% |
| Other contact-sensitive plastics | 10% | 25% |
| Single-use beverage bottles | 30% | 65% |
| All other plastic packaging | 35% | 65% |
| Cellulose fibre (CorruGet) | not applicable | not applicable |
Recycled content targets apply to plastic packaging. Cellulose fibre packaging falls outside these thresholds — it returns to the paper stream, for which PPWR sets design requirements rather than feedstock quotas.
Four structural properties that carry a corrugated fibre bottle through every PPWR threshold without a redesign.
A single-material body of FSC-certified fibre, closed with natural adhesive, free of plastic laminates. Engineered for the top recyclability grade rather than the grade-C minimum.
Design for recyclingNo fluorinated barrier coatings and none of the restricted substances (Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr VI). The requirement that removed a slice of barrier packaging from the market in August 2026 simply does not apply to us.
PPWR Art. 585% lighter than glass, with a geometry that packs denser on a pallet. The 2030 empty-space cap is cleared with margin — and freight cost drops along the way.
85% lighter than glassPaper and board is the stream with the highest actual collection and recycling rate in the EU. The 2035 “recycled at scale” criterion is met today, not promised for later.
Recycled at scale
PPWRapka is our SaaS product — an AI agent that walks a company through PPWR, EPR and EPR-fee compliance step by step. The very regulation that pushes the market toward fibre packaging, we already monetise in software. It runs in production, with the first paying subscribers onboarded.
Generates and maintains DoCs per Annex VII — from data capture to signature.
Tracks changes across PPWR, EPR and national implementing acts.
Automatically chases suppliers for missing data sheets and declarations.
Calculates EPR fees and shows where a packaging change lowers the rate.
Connects via API, CSV or EDI — packaging data always current.
Summaries ready for the board, the auditor and the regulator.
PLEN The app runs in Polish and English today — versions in all EU languages are in preparation.
New implementing acts, shifted deadlines, EPR rates and interpretations that change what a producer must do. No marketing noise — if nothing material happens in a given month, we send nothing.
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Last updated: 19.08.2026 · Author: CorruGet Bottle Technologies P.S.A. · Informational material, not legal advice.