compostable packaging

Defined in Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)

Definitions over time (1)

1. 11/02/2025 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) Scope: Whole act

   1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

   ‘compostable packaging’ means packaging that biodegrades in industrially controlled conditions or that is capable of undergoing biological decomposition in such conditions, including through anaerobic digestion, but not necessarily in a home-composting environment, combined, if necessary, with physical treatment, resulting ultimately in the conversion of the packaging into carbon dioxide or, in the absence of oxygen, methane, and mineral salts, biomass and water, and that does not hinder or jeopardise the separate collection and the composting and anaerobic digestion process;

Used in (26 places in 11 provisions on 12/11/2026)

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) (26 in 11)

Recital 53² · Recital 54² · Recital 58³ · Recital 59 · Recital 66² · Recital 105 · Article 3² · Article 9⁴ · Article 12 · Article 55³ · Annex III⁵