KIDV Recycle Check flexible plastic packaging

The user is asked a brief number of questions about all sorts of material and packaging components that can influence sorting and recycling. Additional information for each question is provided in the background document. At the end the packaging gets a rating: optimal, reasonable, limited or non- recyclable. 

The latest update of the KIDV Recycle Check Flexible Plastic Packaging (version 2024) was published in December 2023. 

How it works 

Users are asked a brief number of questions about the material and packaging components that affect sorting and recycling. For each question, additional information is provided in the background document. At the end the packaging is scored on recyclability, from optimal (green) to yellow (reasonable), orange (limited) and finally red (non-recyclable). The Recycle Check focuses on the entire packaging, for example a bottle with cap and label or sleeve, or a bowl with lid and label. 

Fee modulation 

Plastic packaging that scores “optimal” in the recycle check is deemed “well recyclable” and can apply for fee modulation from Verpact. Companies with packaging designs that are recyclable pay a lower waste management fee.  

The development of the Recycle Check is part of the project Measuring Circularity, which is funded by Verpact. The KIDV did research on the recyclable alternatives for flexible plastic packaging (laminates). Click here for the results of this research (only available in Dutch). 

Other KIDV Recyclechecks 

The KIDV has also developed Recycle Checks for rigid plastic packaging and for many other forms of packaging, click here for an overview.   

Enter your details below to download the KIDV Recycle Check. If you do so, you will receive updates by email. In addition, we inform you about the availability of new Recycle Checks for other packaging materials.