SUP Directive

In July 2025, the European Commission published a new draft Implementing Decision establishing the practical application of Directive (EU) 2019/904 – the so-called SUP (Single-Use Plastics) Directive – with regard to the calculation, verification and reporting of data on the recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.

There continues to be considerable interest in the ongoing discussions and efforts to establish how much recycled material should be ideally contained in plastic products, PET bottles in particular, a proportion that the EU legislator could make compulsory in the design of...

Brussels may start an infringement procedure against Italy for the incorrect application of the so-called SUP Directive (Single Use Plastics) aimed at products that cannot be placed on the markets of EU Member States. The SUP Directive applies to straws, stirrers...

TÜV Austria’s OK Recycled certification scheme addresses the issues raised by EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the influence of certain plastic products on the environment. PET bottles are to be made of at least 25% recycled plastic by 2025 and 30% by 2030 - for all bottles.