Plastic tubes materials are fully recyclable  if certain design for recycling criteria are fullfilled.

The main recommendations for material recycling compatibility are as follows:

• Mono-material design: body, shoulder, and cap in PE.
• PE tubes with screw caps in PP. In this case the end consumer can unscrew the caps so that recycling may not be affected.
• Multilayer Coex tubes with Evoh barrier material content that doesn’t exceed 6% of the total tube material weight.
• A density with HDPE prevalence respect to LDPE/LLDPE, for example 80% HDPE-20% LLDPE.
• Light colour masterbatches not hindering NIR detection.
• Light-colour printing inks following EuPIA Policy, not hindering NIR detection.
• To print the tubes preferably with a minimized surface coverage.
• Alu seals and sleeve because removed by end consumer before use.
• Metallization of caps allowed, if near-infrared (NIR) detection is not affected.