Spectra Packaging launches 55% rPET jar range at London Packaging Week
Spectra Packaging has unveiled its Classico jar range for personal care products, made with 55% recycled PET, under its PCR55 initiative. The company says the recycled content exceeds the UK Plastic Packaging Tax's 30% threshold and the EU PPWR's 2030 and 2040 recycled-content mandates. The jars are shown at London Packaging Week in the UK, running 16-17 September 2026.
Why this mattersSuppliers pre-empting rising EU and UK recycled-content mandates signal where converters expect regulatory thresholds to move next.
- Classico jar range contains 55% recycled PET, above the UK Plastic Packaging Tax's 30% threshold.
- Range available in seven sizes from 50 mL to 400 mL, made via injection stretch blow moulding.
- EU PPWR requires 30% recycled content in contact-sensitive plastic packaging from 2030, rising to 50% from 2040.
- Spectra's 55% rPET packaging received a Green rating under the UK packaging EPR recyclability assessment methodology.
- Spectra is also developing a Rotondo PET jar range as part of the same PCR55 initiative.
- Launch took place at London Packaging Week, held 16-17 September 2026 in the UK.
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