GRS, EN15343 Recycled plastic bags professional production factory.

What is Recycled plastic bags, what are PCR plastic bags, PIR Plastic Bags? Post-consumer Plastic Bags, pre-consumer Plastic What are the uses of bags? Why switch to PCR Plastic Bags, PIR Plastic Bags? Is it environmentally friendly?

With these questions, let's fully understand Recycled plastic bags.

1. GRS and EN15343 certified recycled plastic bags are more environmentally friendly

With many European and American countries introducing new tax rules on plastic packaging bags, packaging bags with a recycled content of less than 30% will be subject to plastic tax. These new tax rules are also intended to stimulate the improvement of plastic waste recycling and collection levels, diverting it from landfills or incineration, which is a more environmentally friendly measure.

Plastic materials transferred during the manufacturing process, and plastic materials produced by household, commercial, and industrial facilities, are recycled, sorted, cleaned, pelletized, blown film, printed, and bagged to continue producing plastic materials and plastic bags. This achieves recycling and reuse, effectively reducing the extraction of new plastic pellets from petroleum, thus, while meeting human packaging needs, reusing existing Plastic materials, continuously using and recycling, in a cycle, without increasing the existing amount of plastic on Earth, reducing energy consumption and pollution from plastic pellet production, and reducing resource waste and pollution from plastic bag incineration.

Therefore, GRS and EN15343 recycled plastic bags, or recyclable plastic bags, refer to plastic bags that meet customer requirements, reach internationally recognized environmental standards, and are truly recyclable. They are important products of environmentally friendly packaging bags.

2. Introduction to post-consumer PCR plastic bags and pre-consumer PIR plastic bags

In the internationally recognized global recycling standard GRS certification and EU internal regulation EN15343 certification clearly state that only pre-consumer (pre-consumer recycled polybag) PIR and post-consumer (post-consumer recycled polybag) PCR materials are considered recycled content. Therefore, 30% recycled, 50% recycled, 100% recycled refers to the proportion of recycled materials by weight in the product or packaging.

Post-consumer recycled plastic bags ( post-consumer recycled polybag), materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that cannot be reused for their intended purpose. This includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, plastic bags recycled after consumer consumption.

PIR bags are pre-consumer recycled polybags, materials diverted from waste streams during the manufacturing process. Excluding the reuse of certain materials, such as rework, regrinding, or residues generated during processing and reused in the same process, that is, plastic bags that are not recycled after consumer consumption.

3. GRS certified TC certificate and EN15343 certified recycling certificate

The TC certificate (Transaction Certificate) is an important document proving recyclable materials. The transaction certificate TC (Transaction Certificate) is also an important way for institutions to supervise the entire supply chain to comply with the global recycling standard GRS. The TC certificate will contain specific information such as the recycled content and weight of the product.

If you need to be exempt from plastic tax in Spain and EU countries, you need to provide a recyclable certificate EN15343 certification, and provide proof of recycled packaging produced under the supervision of the EN15343 certificate.

4. GRS and EN15343 certified recycled plastic bag production factory

Shunxingyuan Packaging produces GRS and EN15343 recycled plastic bags, with various bag types, transparency, powder-free, easy opening, recyclability, and clear and firm printing. Shunxingyuan Packaging's GRS 、EN15343 certification covers different recycled material ratios and materials, 30% RECYCLED, 50% RECYCLED, 70% RECYCLED, 100% RECYCLED, and many other ratios are available. Materials include LDPE, HDPE, PPE, CPE, PP, etc. Bag types include adhesive bags, gusset bags, zipper bags, bellows bags, flat bags, vacuum bags, wire bags, hook bags, button bags, card header bags, paper card bags, hook bags, shrink film, stretch film, etc., meeting the requirements of different customers for recycled plastic bags.

Shunxingyuan Packaging successfully issues thousands of TC transaction certificates and hundreds of recycled packaging certificates annually, efficiently supporting the customization of recyclable plastic bags.