Article 17 of the French AGEC Law and its implementing decree (no. 2021-835 of 29 June 2021) established the legal basis for consumer information regarding the sorting label.
This guide provides the information you need to add to your household packaging (including cosmetics) according to the new mandatory harmonized sorting label.
This harmonized label providing sorting instructions (Sorting Info) is mandatory from 1 January 2022.
Sorting info will need to be accompanied by:
1. The Triman sorting logo, whether the packaging is recyclable or not.
2. The tab labelled ˝FR˝ (if you are selling in the FR and other EU countries)
3. The packaging components
– Text + pictogram or
– Text only or
– Pictogram only
4. The target stream
– Text + pictogram or
– Pictogram only
Composition of the Triman Logo from 2022, (c) CITEO
All previous marking (standard or customized) is no longer permitted from 9 March 2023.
Waste bins:
There are only 2 options.
- Non-glass waste
- Glass waste
Three key aspects were taken into consideration to create the new Sorting Info:
- Guaranteeing the regulatory compliance of the label (compliance with the requirements of the French AGEC Law),
- Ensuring the information is passed onto consumers effectively (easy to understand, useful and incentive-based),
- Making the label easy to implement (advice and wide choice of options).
The Triman logo is the symbol that informs the consumer that the product or packaging needs to be sorted or brought to a recycling point.
Small packaging
- If the packaging measures less than 10 cm2 it is exempt, but the information needs to be available by digital
- If the packaging measures between 10 and 20 cm2, must display Triman symbol on the packaging, but other information can be available by digital
All parts of packaging that can be easily separated by a consumer must be included in the symbol. If the parts cannot be easily separated by a consumer, it is considered 1 packaging material only and should be disposed accordingly. The parts that are not considered packaging are not part of the symbol.
For any further questions, please contact us via email: info@ceway.eu and we will help you with your inquiry. We offer consulting for specific packaging materials as well as the guidelines where you can find all the necessary information to generate the Triman symbols by yourself.
