Faerch A/S

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, and leads the market with the post-consumer recycled content in our polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic trays. Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, we employ around 5,000 people across 25 plants in Europe.

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, and leads the market with the post-consumer recycled content in our polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic trays. Placing approximately 24 billion rigid plastic packaging pieces on the European market annually, Faerch holds a 20% market share in its segment.

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, leading the market with post-consumer recycled content in our PET plastic trays. Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, we employ 5,500 people across 25+ plants in Europe.

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, and leads the market with the post-consumer recycled content in our polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic trays. Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, we employ 5,500 people across 25+ plants in Europe.

Faerch supports the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to harmonise packaging rules across the EU to ensure the free movement of packaging and packaged goods. We are supportive of the goals of increasing recycling and reuse of packaging on the European Market and avoid the use of unnecessary packaging.

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, and leads the market with the post-consumer recycled content in our polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic trays. Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, we employ 5,500 people across 25+ plants in Europe.

Faerch strongly supports the inclusion of waste incineration and landfilling under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), as a critical step to drive decarbonisation in the waste sector and promote higher-value circular practices. Incineration and landfilling are the most carbon-intensive waste treatment options.

In response to the European Commissions call for evidence on the evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD), we welcome the opportunity to share its perspective on the Directives implementation and effectiveness.

Faerch welcomes the draft and strongly supports the proposed framework, particularly the recognition of mass balance accounting, which is a necessary methodology for transitioning to a circular economy and scaling up chemical recycling. We also welcome the clear requirement for using actual operational production data to calculate recycled content.

Established in 1969, Faerch is a leading provider of circular, rigid food packaging with integrated recycling capabilities, and leads the market with the post-consumer recycled content in our polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic trays. Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, we employ around 5,000 people across 25 plants in Europe.

Our core belief at Faerch is that a truly circular economy for food packaging can only be achieved when the entire value chain, including industry, waste management, customers and regulators, works together. Only through this alignment can food packaging remain in a closed loop, where used materials are continuously transformed into new, food-grade packaging.