Twiice is the approved eco-organisation 100% dedicated to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for professional packaging.
Created by industry, for industry, Twiice is a private not-for-profit organisation that supports companies in meeting their regulatory obligations, driven by one conviction: simplifying EPR to make it a real lever for circularity.
Beyond compliance, Twiice offers simple tools, close, hands-on support and financial support to encourage the eco-design, reuse, collection, sorting and recycling of professional packaging.
Since 2019, Twiice has been running pilot projects with stakeholders across the value chain to test practical solutions, create new circular loops and accelerate their large-scale rollout.
Particular attention is paid to plastic packaging, a major challenge for this new EPR scheme. Twiice aims to contribute to France’s national target of recycling 55% of plastic packaging by 2030, by supporting the development of new solutions for collection, recycling and recycled plastic incorporation.
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RecyClass offers a tool for assessing the recyclability of plastic packaging on its website. We recommend using these guidelines, which are standardised at European level.
Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) material comes from selective collections in companies or from materials sorted in sorting centres from the household packaging stream. This is in contrast to Post-Industrial Recycled material, which refers to production waste collected in companies.
The list of recyclers certified by EuCertPlast can be found on their website.
This list is regularly updated.
A professional packaging is packaging intended to contain, protect, transport, handle or present goods destined for a professional user.
All materials are covered (plastic, cardboard, wood, metal, glass, etc.), whether or not the packaging has contained hazardous products.
The 4 main categories of professional packaging
- Sales packaging: packaging forming a sales unit intended for the professional end user (e.g. jerrycans, bags, drums).
- Grouped packaging: packaging used to group several sales units together to facilitate their marketing, storage or distribution (e.g. shipping cartons).
- Transport packaging: packaging designed to facilitate the handling and shipping of goods while protecting them (e.g. pallets, pallet wrap).
- Primary production packaging: packaging intended for unprocessed products from agriculture, livestock farming, fishing, hunting or gathering (e.g. harvest crates).
IMPR bonus for incorporating recycled plastic: up to €550 per tonne from 2027
What if incorporating recycled plastic into your packaging could also reduce your eco-contribution?
From 1 January 2027, companies covered by the EPR scheme for professional packaging will be eligible, under certain conditions, for a bonus for incorporating recycled plastic (IMPR, prime à l’incorporation de matière plastique recyclée).
Provided for by the ministerial order of 5 September 2025, this bonus aims to encourage the use of post-consumer recycled plastic instead of virgin material, by offsetting part of the additional costs involved.
Up to €550 per tonne of recycled plastic incorporated
Two bonus levels are planned for 2027:
- €450/tonne of recycled plastic from post-consumer waste from another EPR scheme (open loop).
- €550/tonne of recycled plastic from post-consumer waste from the same EPR scheme (closed loop).
Good news: no minimum recycled content is required for eligible professional packaging. The bonus is calculated on the quantity of recycled plastic actually incorporated, not on the total weight of the packaging.
Which plastics are eligible?
The bonus covers certain recycled resins, including clear PET (excluding beverage bottles), coloured or opaque PET, PS (excluding EPS), PP, HDPE and LDPE.
Please note that exclusions apply, in particular to packaging incorporating recycled PVC, to composite materials covered by the ministerial order, and to materials from recycling processes with a yield below 50%.
The origin of the recycled material, its traceability and compliance with regulatory criteria are essential to qualify for the bonus.
Less virgin plastic, more recycled material: a double economic and environmental benefit!
Twiice helps its members understand support schemes and bonuses for recycled content incorporation, to make EPR a real lever for action.
Would you like to know if your packaging is eligible? Contact our teams!
