prEN 15347-2

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2024
Polimerni materiali - Razvrščeni odpadki iz polimernih materialov - 2. del Stopnje
kakovosti sortiranih polietilenskih (PE) odpadkov in posebne preskusne metode
Plastics - Sorted plastics wastes - Part 2: Quality grades of sorted Polyethylene (PE)
wastes and specific test methods
Kunststoffe - Sortierte Kunststoffabfälle - Teil 2: Qualitätsstufen von sortierten
Polyethylen(PE)-Abfällen und spezifische Prüfverfahren
Plastiques - Déchets de plastiques triés - Partie 2: Grades de qualité des déchets de
polyéthylène (PE) triés et méthodes d’essai spécifiques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15347-2
ICS:
13.030.50 Recikliranje Recycling
83.080.20 Plastomeri Thermoplastic materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2024
ICS 13.030.50; 83.080.20
English Version
Plastics - Sorted plastics wastes - Part 2: Quality grades of
sorted Polyethylene (PE) wastes and specific test methods
Kunststoffe - Güteklassen für sortierte
Kunststoffabfälle - Teil 2: Polyethylen (PE)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 249.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms . 5
4 Requirements . 5
4.1 General. 5
4.2 Classification scheme . 5
4.3 HDPE Packaging . 6
4.4 HDPE Building and Construction . 8
4.5 HDPE Agriculture . 10
4.6 LDPE Packaging . 12
4.7 LDPE Agriculture . 14
4.8 LDPE Building and Construction . 16
Bibliography . 18

European foreword
This document (prEN 15347-2:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics”,
the secretariat of which is held by SIS.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission.
This document is one part of a series of CEN publications on Plastics Recycling, which is structured as
follows:
— EN 15342, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of polystyrene (PS) recyclates
— EN 15343, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Plastics recycling traceability and assessment of conformity
and recycled content
— EN 15344, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of Polyethylene (PE) recyclates
— EN 15345, Plastics — Recycled Plastics — Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) recyclates
— EN 15346, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) recyclates
— EN 15347 (all parts), Plastics — Sorted plastics wastes
— EN 15348, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Characterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
recyclates
— CEN/TR 15353, Plastics — Recycled plastics — Guidelines for the development of standards for
recycled plastics
Any feedback and questions on this document can be directed to the users’ national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
Introduction
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is used in film applications for primary, secondary, or tertiary
packaging where it plays an important part in household, but also commercial and industrial packaging.
Additionally, films are widely used in agriculture either in the construction of greenhouses or as mulch
film.
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is widely used in many plastic applications across various sectors.
HDPE is predominant in packaging, both household and commercial where it is widely used in the
production of pallets and crates for transport. Particularly, commercial and industrial packaging will be
quite uniform which is regarded as a high value for plastic recycling. It is also relevant in Building and
Construction and Agriculture where it is used mainly in insulation materials, pipes, and irrigation
systems. Finally, HDPE is also used widely in Household and Leisure applications such as garden furniture
or sports equipment.
The disposal and collection of household PE waste is usually organized in comingled systems together
with other packaging materials such as aluminium or cardboard (depending on EU Member State) that
will be sorted out from impurities and in different recycling streams at a later stage.
Commercial and industrial applications are usually collected via private schemes. Bulky
materials/products/parts of products (as household and leisure ones) are collected via dedicated
collection. These will be sent to a sorting centre and separated into different polymer recycling streams.
PE plastic waste is characterized to determine the composition and quality of the batch. A clear and
harmonized waste specification facilitates a transaction between the supplier and customer and
establishes standard characteristics to monitor during any sorting or preparation of waste operations.
This document complements the general characterization of waste described in EN 15347-1 and adds
additional clarification when it comes to the required and optional requirements of PE waste.
Characteristics are defined for products part of the Packaging, Building and Construction, Household,
Leisure and Sports and Agriculture sectors.
This document has been produced in accordance with the guidance produced by CEN on Environmental
Aspects and in accordance with CEN/TR 15353.
NOTE CEN/TR 15353 considers the general environmental aspects which are specific to the recycling process.

Under preparation. Current stage is: prEN 15347-3:2024.
1 Scope
This document describes the quality grades for sorted Polyethylene (PE) waste streams as well as specific
test methods laying out those properties for which the supplying party of the waste makes information
available to the receiving party. Polyethylene waste quality grades are based on pre-determined sets of
characteristics, taking into account sectorial and market specificities and related information needs and
tests methods. The scheme provides for a division of information between “Required Data”, where a
statement is required, and additional “Optional Data” as agreed between the supplying and receiving
party.
This document does not cover the general characterization addressed in EN 15347-1 .
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TR 15353, Plastics - Recycled plastics - Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled
plastics
EN 15347-1 , Plastics — Sorted plastics wastes — Part 1: General Characterisation
EN 17615, Plastics - Environmental Aspects - Vocabulary
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 17615, EN 15347-1 and
CEN/TR 15353 apply. The abbreviated terms related to recyclates given in EN ISO 1043-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
4 Requirements
4.1 General
The characteristics of a batch of HDPE sorted plastics waste to be provided to the customer by the
supplier are given in Table 1 and Table 2, and are divided into two types:
— required characteristics: Needed to characterize plastic wastes in general, and required for all
batches of sorted plastic waste;
— optional characteristics: Additional information for the characterization of plastic wastes.
4.2 Classification scheme
The supplier of a batch of PE sorted plastics waste shall provide to the customer a statement of the
characteristics of the waste listed in Table 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 11 (depending on the waste stream processed).
Providing a statement of the characteristics of the waste described in Table 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 (depending
on the waste stream processed) is also recommended.
4.3 HDPE Packaging
Table 1 — Required characteristics of sorted plastic wastes – HDPE Packaging
Characteristics Suitable statements/comments Methods/references
General information
Origin Household packaging waste -
Sector of origin Indicate the sector where the material is coming from. -
Type of collection Separate collection, mixed -
Pre-/Post-consumer Indicate the types of sorted plastics waste. If the batch EN 17615
contains a mix of both, provide their percentages.
Composition
HDPE content Indicate the main polymer present in the waste stream and EN 15347-1:2024 ,
its minimum percentage by weight. Annex A
PP content Indicate PP content in the waste stream and its maximum EN 15347-1:2024 ,
percentage by weight. Annex A
Other polymers present Indicate the presence of any other polymers known and the EN 15347-1:2024 ,
maximum percentage by weight. Annex A
Colour
Colour Indicate the dominating colour and its minimum share. Visual inspection
Impurities
Metals Indicate the maximum percentage by weight of ferrous and EN 15347-1:2024 ,
non-ferrous metals. Annex A
Paper/cardboard Indicate the maximum percentage by weight of paper and EN 15347-1:2024 ,
cardboard. Annex A
Hazardous waste Indicate the maximum percentage by weight of hazardous EN 15347-1:2024 ,
waste. Annex A
Material or substances List of contaminants that can adversely affect the recycling Declaration
prohibited in a bale process or the quality of the recycled materials.
Packaging for silicones Indicate the maximum percentage by weight of silicone. EN 15347-1:2024 ,
Annex A
Supplier’s information
Supplier name Indicate the name of the supplier -
Supplier address Indicate the address of the supplier -
Delivery form Indicate if the sorted plastics waste is in bulk, bales, -
briquettes, big bags or another format. If within these
forms, the sorted plastics are other than whole products,
specify the shape, e.g. flakes, large pieces, film-on-roll, etc.
Strapping Indicate the type of strappi
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