European Waste Catalogue
Multi-material composite packaging such as beverage cartons is 15 01 05. Mixed loads of different packaging types take 15 01 06.
Also searched as: tetra pak, beverage cartons, multi-layer packaging, laminates
Have a 15 01 05 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~84 Mt/year packaging placed on EU market; ~50 Mt/year collected for recycling · €0–350/tonne (clean recyclate grade)
Primary buyers include Recovery of sorted materials and Manufacture of plastic packaging goods.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your composite packaging is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Composite / multi-layer packaging
Composite packaging
Mixed packaging loads
Mixed packaging
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
Looking to sell or source composite packaging?
Market context, buyer industries and valorisation routes for this stream.
Composite Packaging
With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.