‘Dual-use output’ issues for accounting recycled plastic content

Commissioned to A. Rollinson (PhD) by ECOS, Zero Waste Europe, and the Rethink Plastic alliance, this technical paper looks at the concept of “dual-use output” in the accounting for recycled plastic content in the context of the Single-Use Plastic Directive. It proves that this concept betrays the definition of recycling, and poses a threat to the proper promotion of recycled plastic content and high quality recycling.

Available in English.