What are EN15343:2008 certified recyclable plastic bags and GRS certified recyclable plastic bags?

Before understanding EN15343:2008 certification and GRS certification, it's necessary to first clarify why recyclable plastic bags should be used.

transferred out during the manufacturing process plastic materials, as well as those produced by institutional facilities such as households, businesses, and industries plastic materials, after processes like recycling, sorting, cleaning, pelletizing, film blowing, printing, and bag making, continue to produce plastic materials, plastic plastic bags. Achieving circular regeneration and reuse, effectively reduces new plastic pellets extracted from petroleum, thus, while meeting human packaging needs, reusing existing plastic materials, continuously used, continuously recycled, in a cycle, without increasing the existing plastic stock on Earth, reducing the production of plastic pellets' energy consumption and pollution, reducing the incineration of plastic plastic bags' resource waste and pollution.

Recycled plastic bags, or recyclable plastic bags, refer to plastic bags that meet customer requirements and international environmental standards, are truly recyclable and circularly regenerative plastic bags, and are important products for eco-friendly packaging.

1. EN15343:2008 Certified Recyclable Plastic Bags

EN15343:2008 is a standard for plastics recycling; it is a mandatory standard that the EU must implement according to CEN/CENELEC internal regulations, mainly covering plastic recycling traceability, conformity assessment, and recycled content. The standard evaluates the traceability of systems to calculate the recycled content in plastic products. Plastic recycling is the recycling of the same material, aiming to save resources (reducing virgin material and energy consumption) while minimizing harmful emissions to air, water, and soil, and any impact on human health.

According to CEN/CENELEC regulations, the following countries and organizations must implement this standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

In Europe, with the continuous rise in environmental awareness, recycled plastic bags market is gradually expanding. EN15343：2008 Certification is the basis for many businesses and consumers to choose recycled plastic bags products. Recycled plastic bags with this certification can empower products to be more competitive in the market, while also better offsetting plastic taxes. 。

2. GRS Certified Recyclable Plastic Bags

Global Recycled Standard Certification GRS (Global Recycled Standard) is an international, voluntary, and comprehensive product standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions. The goal of GRS is to increase the use of recycled materials in products and reduce and eliminate the harm caused by their production. Today, GRS has been widely adopted by brands such as ZARA, H&M, ADIDAS, Uniqlo, NIKE, IKEA, GAP, igniting the entire industry chain and linking all supply chains.

Dongguan Shunxingyuan Packaging Products Co., Ltd. is a company that possesses GRS and EN15343:2008 dual certifications 的 recyclable plastic bags production factory. Shunxingyuan Packaging can produce various types of recyclable plastic bags, shrink films, and stretch films, and is accepted by numerous brand buyers and consumers due to its true recyclability and circular regeneration, and its ability to offset plastic taxes.