PPWR & Big Bags: What it means for your FIBC operations today

PPWR is reshaping industrial packaging. For FIBC users, the key question is: what does this mean in practice?

The PPWR will change the packaging landscape, but our analysis shows that typical industrial FIBC applications should not fall under the specific reuse obligations for transport packaging, due to their predominant sales/usage function and the technical and hygiene limits of reuse.

At the same time, the role of the Big Bag itself is evolving. It is no longer just packaging, but a process enabler that influences safety, efficiency and sustainability from filling through storage and internal logistics.

At interpack 2026, The Royal NNZ Group and Technopac Austria will:

• Explain our “FIBC’s under the PPWR” interpretation and what it means for end users in practical terms.
• Show how viewing Big Bags as process components rather than cost items opens up new improvement levers in production, handling and storage.
• Help you prioritise regulatory, operational and supply‑risk actions that you can take now, not only in 2030.

Visit our booth in Düsseldorf (📍Hall 10 – D84) to get a concise PPWR/FIBC briefing and explore how smarter Big Bag choices can support both compliance and day‑to‑day process performance.

Christoph Noppinger, recently assigned as Technical Director of Technopac and President of EFIBCA, will be available as your expert for all your PPWR and related FIBC topics.

Want to know what PPWR means for your specific application?