| COMPOSTABLE | Compostable | Kompostierbar | Packaging that can biodegrade generating a relatively homogeneous and stable humus-like substance. | | x | x | x | |
| ENERGY_RECOVERABLE | Energy recoverable | Energierückgewinnung möglich | Packaging which allows for a net calorific gain in energy recovery operations. | | x | x | x | |
| RECYCLABLE | Recyclable | Recycelbar, -fähig, wiederverwertbar | Packaging material and format which can be diverted from the waste stream through available processes and programmes and can be collected, processed and returned to use in the form of raw materials or products. | | x | x | x | |
| REUSABLE | Reusable (returnable asset) | Wiederverwendbare Verpackung (Mehrweg) | Packaging that has been conceived and designed to accomplished within its life cycle a certain number of trips, rotations or uses for the same purpose for which it was conceived. | | x | x | x | |
