20 February 2026

Second Life Plastic Certification from Separate Waste Collection

Foglia che rappresenta scarti plastici e granuli di Plastica Seconda Vita

New ‘Second Life Plastic’ certificate from the Separate Waste Collection scheme: La Prima Plastics expands its commitment

Prima Plastics has obtained the ‘Plastica Seconda Vita da Raccolta Differenziata’ (PSV/RD) certification, issued by IPPR – the Institute for the Promotion of Recycled Plastics – and verified by IIP Srl, an accredited certification body.

Certificate No. 3386/2026 certifies that our recycled materials originate from urban separate collection and comply with the requirements of standard EN 15343:2007, with a post-consumer recycled content of up to 100%.

Plastica Seconda Vita PSV | As an industrial waste product, it is one of the types of certification recognised by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security in relation to the tax credit for the purchase of recycled products.

‘Working with recycled plastics means truly closing the loop: we take what society discards and return it to the production cycle with certified quality.’

PSV | Plastic Second Life What is it?

Certification | Plastic Second Life PSL

The eco-compliance called “Plastic Second Life” is the tool to certify products of which the company ensures the identification, traceability and the percentage content of recycled plastics from post-consumer waste or pre-consumption or from their mixtures for the production of manufactured articles or their components

  • The Brand Plastic Second Life is based on a certification scheme based on the Decree 8 May 2003, n. 203 and the application circular of the Ministry of Environment of 4 August 2004 and, only for the raw materials, the series of UNI 10667.
  • The Brand Plastic Second Life is issued for materials and products certified by IIP which the manufacturer guarantees the identification, traceability and the percentage content of plastic from post-consumer materials used for the production of the same products, or parts thereof, within the limits technological laid down in that circular.
  • The certification activities seeks the ultimate goal of providing the market with assurance that the manufacturer is able to continuously implement an effective system of identification, traceability and controls carried out and described in a technical procedure developed by the manufacturer and verified by IIP.
  • The brand Plastic Second Life is a unique eco-label and is an environmental certification system product, dedicated to materials and articles made from the recycling of waste Plastics.
  • The brand Plastic Second Life introduces the concept of “quality” in recycling plastics and the concept of “traceability” of recycled materials.

Secondary Raw Materials

The role of PSL in the identification of Secondary Raw Materials:

    • The legal concept of “Secondary Raw Materials” descends from the waste legislation.
    • In particular, the DM 5/2/1998 provides that the plastic waste in processes to be such when it conforms to the specification UNI-UNIPLAST 10667 (Att. 1, all sub. 1, typ. 6.1 and 6.2 of the DM 5/2 / 1998).
    • This compliance shall be demonstrated by an expert on the material.
    • The “Plastic Second Life” brand verifying the compliance of the material to the specific UNI-UNIPLAST 10667, is technical and appropriate legal instrument to classify plastic commodities second life.