The On-Pack Recycling Label Scheme
The On-Pack Recycling Label scheme aims to deliver a simpler, more consistent UK-wide recycling message on both retailer private label and brand-owner packaging to help consumers recycle more material, more often.
Over the coming months, you will be able to check product packaging for simple information
Over the coming months, you will be able to check product packaging for simple information about whether it can be recycled or not. Leading retailers including Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Waitrose, Co-op, Asda and Sainsburys have joined forces to introduce the labelling system which will mean that you can see, at a glance, which packaging you can recycle by looking at the symbols printed on some product ranges. Many household brands will be using the new labelling system across their ranges as well.
Launched by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) with support from WRAP, the On-Pack Recycling Label scheme will be administered through a subsidiary company called OPRL Ltd.
For a working example of how OPRL symbols can be applied to packaging, view the Vision Food Hall
22 May 2009
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