Türkiye Recycled Plastics for Food Contact: Key Updates
Türkiye is introducing detailed rules for recycled plastics used in food-contact materials, aligned with Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616. This update also covers where the EU Circular Economy Act stands after its consultation closed, and the Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector that the Commission adopted on 3 June 2026.
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🇹🇷 Türkiye Regulation: Recycled Plastics in Food-Contact Materials (EU 2022/1616 Alignment, 2026)
The draft regulation sets out the conditions, production methods and safety standards for using recycled plastics in plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
It covers which recycling technologies may be used, traceability of recycled plastics, control of production processes and the approval of recycling installations.
Manufacturers must document the conformity of their products before placing them on the market and meet registration, labelling and information obligations. Türkiye has aligned the draft with Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles, and with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice. Note that Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, the earlier EU recycled-plastics regulation, was repealed by Regulation (EU) 2022/1616. The draft gives 15 April 2026 as the proposed adoption date, with entry into force on the date of publication.
Status: Türkiye's framework amendment permitting recycled plastics in food-contact materials is already in force; the detailed implementing regulation was still at draft stage at the time of writing (public comment period closed 16 August 2025).
📌 What This Means for Manufacturers
- Conduct traceability audits of recycled plastics across supply chain inputs to ensure conformity with EU-aligned standards.
- Update internal documentation and supplier declarations now, so you are ready on the day the regulation is published.
- Give your product design and regulatory teams a named owner for labelling and registration under this framework.
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🇪🇺 EU Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy: Adopted 3 June 2026
The Commission has launched an open public consultation and a call for evidence on the upcoming Strategic Roadmap for digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) in the energy sector.
Both exercises fed into the roadmap, which the Commission adopted on 3 June 2026 as COM(2026) 501. The roadmap aims to accelerate deployment of digital and European AI solutions in areas such as energy efficiency, decarbonisation, cybersecurity and smart energy systems.
The consultation closed on 5 November 2025.
Status: Roadmap adopted 3 June 2026; it is a policy roadmap, not binding legislation, and the measures it announces will follow as separate proposals.
📌 What This Means for Manufacturers
- Evaluate potential integration of AI into energy systems, including smart appliances, energy storage, and grid-responsive devices.
- Anticipate future cybersecurity requirements tied to AI use in energy-efficient infrastructure.
- Read the adopted roadmap to see which follow-up measures are planned, and watch for the consultations on those proposals so you can respond while they are still open.
🇪🇺 EU Circular Economy Act: Consultation Closed, Proposal Still Pending
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation and call for evidence for the Circular Economy Act, aimed at creating a Single Market for secondary raw materials and boosting the supply and demand for recycled content.
The Act is expected to align with existing EU legislation including the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and the Critical Raw Materials Act, and to revise the WEEE Directive.
The consultation closed on 6 November 2025. The Commission has not yet published its proposal: the Act is listed as due for adoption in 2026, and the Commission Work Programme puts the proposal in the third quarter of 2026. Any obligations on manufacturers would only follow once the Act is negotiated and adopted, so treat 2026 as the proposal date and not an enforcement date.
Status: Announced — Commission proposal not yet published
📌 What This Means for Manufacturers
- Map material flows across product lines to assess dependence on virgin vs. recycled content.
- Prepare sourcing and engineering teams for stricter recycled input requirements and mandatory disclosure regimes.
- Align early with EU secondary raw material market rules to gain competitive advantage and reduce cost exposure.
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Packaging rules are moving faster than product rules
Recycled content, food-contact limits and packaging EPR are all tightening at once, and every one of them is registered and reported country by country rather than once for the EU. We run packaging EPR end to end, so the deadlines sit in one place instead of scattered across schemes.
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