PPWR recycling process that preserves technical characteristics so recycled material can substitute primary raw material.
High-quality recycling is about output quality and substitution potential, not simply about whether material entered a recycling facility. It needs process and output evidence showing preserved characteristics and usable recycled material.
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste
any recycling process which produces recycled materials that are of equivalent quality to the original materials, based on preserved technical characteristics, and that are used as a substitute to primary raw materials for packaging or other applications where the quality of the recycled material is retained
Reference: Article 3, point 41
Implementation records should capture input waste stream, recycling process, output material, technical-characteristic evidence, quality comparison, intended substitute application, primary-material substitution claim, and verification records where available.
For Minespider, high-quality recycling should connect waste inputs to output-material quality records. It should not be inferred from collection, sorting, or generic recycler participation alone.