PPWR term for checked and sorted materials obtained through recycling processes that can substitute primary raw materials.
Secondary raw materials are output-material records, not just waste streams or collected recyclables. The PPWR definition requires checking, sorting, recycling-process output, and primary-material substitution capability.
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste
materials that have undergone all necessary checking and sorting and been obtained through recycling processes and can substitute primary raw materials
Reference: Article 3, point 47
Implementation records should capture recycled-output material identity, source waste stream, checking and sorting steps, recycling process, quality or specification evidence, applicable packaging category or use case, and the primary material the output can substitute.
For Minespider, secondary raw materials should be modelled as verified material outputs from recycling processes. They are the bridge between packaging-waste treatment and material-substitution claims.