France introduces new harmonized signage to improve consumer product sorting and enable better recycling.

Citeo, a not-for-profit organization established to reduce the impact of discarded packaging on the environmental, has published new logos to enable better sorting – sorting information (info-tri). The new icons combine the Triman, which replaces Le Point Vert, new icons representing sorting rules for each packaging material, and a color code based on the sorting containers:

• Green – glass
• Yellow – all other packaging types

The new icons will be in use from January 1, 2022, and will be rolled-out until March 2023.

The new signage was developed following several consumer studies. They have been designed to enable better:

• Compliance with recycling regulations
• Clarity of message
• Simplification of execution

This is just one of the changes that follow in the wake of France’s anti-wastage and circular economy law (AGEC Law), which stipulates that consumer information for product sorting must be harmonized in order to improve recycling.

SGS’s Commitment to the Circular Economy
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