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# Updated design-for-recycling guidance from 4evergreen focuses on beverage packaging
- URL: https://packaging-europe.ghost.io/updated-design-for-recycling-guidance-from-4evergreen-focuses-on-beverage-packaging/
- Published: 2023-06-19T14:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-22T21:10:43.000Z
- Author: Packaging Europe staff writers
- Tags: Collaboration, Sustainability, Beverages, Featured Stories, #layout-s, #type-article, #packaging-europe, #Import 2026-09-08 15:47

**The** [**4evergreen**](https://4evergreenforum.eu/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) **alliance has released a** [**second version**](https://4evergreenforum.eu/wp-content/uploads/4evergreen-Circularity-by-Design-Guideline-version-2.pdf?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) **of its Circularity by Design guideline, adding guidance on designing beverage packaging for recycling.**

This addition to the package – which already includes the [Recyclability Evaluation Protocol](https://4evergreenforum.eu/wp-content/uploads/Fibre-based-packaging-recyclability-evaluation-protocol-4EG-Beta-Release.pdf?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) and [Guidance on the Improved Collection and Sorting of Fibre-based Packaging for Recycling](https://4evergreenforum.eu/wp-content/uploads/4evergreens-Guidance-on-the-Improved-Collection-and-Sorting-of-Fibre-based-Packaging-for-Recycling.pdf?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) – turns its attention to used beverage cartons (UBC) and similar packaging. It aims to provide manufacturers with an industry-backed reference for designing such packs for recycling and help the packaging sector keep fibre-based materials in the production loop for as long as possible.

The recommendations were established through expert-led research and discussions taking place over several months. They aim to cover fibre-based composite packaging types and serve as a point of reference for designers to match their packaging products with specialised recycling processes.

4evergreen hopes that policymakers for upcoming recyclability, collection, and sorting – especially the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation – will utilise its tools as a knowledge basis from industrial players.

“We are delighted to have finalised this second version of the guideline,” says Hans Wortman, chair of the 4evergreen alliance. “It is the result of a meticulous screening of existing knowledge and in-depth expert research and discussions across the entire value chain.

“That’s what makes our guideline unique. We now have a functional and holistic document where designers can find reliable recommendations to ensure fibre-based packaging is designed with circularity in mind.”

A final version of the guideline is scheduled to be published in 2024\. This is set to include design recommendations for floatation deinking mills and specialised mills for fibre-based composite packaging.

The first Circularity by Design guideline was [released last year](https://packagingeurope.com/news/4evergreen-alliance-releases-guidance-on-designing-packaging-for-recycling/7963.article?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) in a bid to provide a clear parameters for designing fibre-based packaging for recycling. It offers design tables for each product group and provides recommendations for the standard recycling process.

This was followed by the [beta version](https://packagingeurope.com/news/4evergreen-launches-recyclability-evaluation-tool-for-fibre-based-packaging/9187.article?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) of its Fibre-Based Packaging Recyclability Evaluation protocol, which was intended to improve and standardise the framework for evaluation packaging products’ recyclability in European waste streams.

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