European Patent Office, Rijswijk, Netherlands
1. Introduction2. Environmental and Social-Economic Effects3. Polymers used in Flexible Packaging4. Types Forms and Uses of Flexible Plastic Packaging5. Collection and Pretreatment of Post-Use Packaging6. Volume Reduction7. Separating Plastics from Other Materials8. Chemical Recycling9. Post-Processing and Reuse10. Waste Flexible Plastic Packaging Regulatory Framework11. Economic Evaluation and Trends