Metsä Board strengthens customer support with a PPWR-relevant Material Circularity Statement

Metsä Board's Material Circularity Statement helps customers prepare PPWR conformity assessments and technical documentation.

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10.08.2026
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Sustainability

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) entered into force on 11 February 2025. Its general application starts on 12 August 2026, when packaging manufacturers placing packaging on the EU market must ensure compliance with applicable requirements, carry out a conformity assessment, prepare technical documentation and issue an EU Declaration of Conformity.

To support customers, Metsä Board has prepared a Material Circularity Statement (MCS). The document contains information that customers can use as part of their own PPWR conformity assessment and technical documentation.

How Material Circularity Statement supports PPWR compliance

For paperboard products, the first PPWR requirements becoming applicable include restrictions on certain substances in packaging. These cover limits for heavy metals and restrictions on PFAS in food contact packaging. The Material Circularity Statement provides information on how Metsä Board products comply with these requirements. This includes confirmation that regulated heavy metal levels are below the applicable limits and that Metsä Board does not use PFAS in the production of its paperboards.

The statement provides an overview of how Metsä Board products align with key PPWR requirements, covering topics such as packaging minimisation, substances in packaging, recyclability and compostability. It also confirms that Metsä Board operates in accordance with the relevant PPWR requirements currently in force and follows the ongoing development of the regulation.

While many additional PPWR requirements will apply in the coming years, Metsä Board continues to support customers through compliance-supporting documentation, sustainability expertise and packaging design services.

Metsä Board provides the Material Circularity Statement to customers upon request.

PPWR regulation to change packaging by 2030

With the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the EU wants to make all packaging on the EU market recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030.

What is the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)?

PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) is the EU's new comprehensive packaging law that sets harmonized requirements for the entire life cycle of packaging, from design and material selection to recyclability, reuse, labeling, and waste management. Its purpose is to reduce packaging waste, improve circularity, minimize harmful substances, and ensure that all packaging placed on the EU market becomes more sustainable.

What is Metsä Board's Material Circularity Statement?

Metsä Board's Material Circularity Statement is a document that contains information about material characteristics relevant to packaging compliance requirements. It can support customers in preparing PPWR technical documentation and conformity assessments.

How does the Material Circularity Statement support PPWR compliance?

Metsä Board's Material Circularity Statement provides product-specific information that customers can use as part of their own conformity assessment process and supporting technical documentation required under PPWR.

Is the Material Circularity Statement a Declaration of Conformity?

No. The EU Declaration of Conformity is the responsibility of the packaging manufacturer placing the final packaging on the EU market. Metsä Board does not issue a Declaration of Conformity for the final packaging. Instead, Metsä Board provides a Material Circularity Statement that customers can use as supporting information in their own compliance assessment and documentation.

Who can request a Material Circularity Statement?

The Material Circularity Statement is available to Metsä Board customers upon request through Metsä Board Sales.