Recycling
Background & Introduction
MUJI cares about the environment and the world we live and share together. In order to help improve recycling rates we are working to clearly label packaging materials according to the identification system as detailed under the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Packaging will be labelled in accordance with the methods established by the applicable UNI technical standards and in compliance with the determinations adopted by the Commission of the European Union, in order to facilitate the collection, reuse, recovery and recycling of packaging, as well as to provide consumers with correct information on the final destinations of packaging. Producers are obliged to indicate, for the purposes of identifying and classifying packaging, the nature of the packaging materials used, on the basis of Commission Decision 97/129/EC.
Packaging Material Identification
As a MUJI customer you may notice material identification codes on our packaging. These codes identify the main packaging material which makes up the largest proportion of the packaging material present.
Customers are encouraged to separate packaging materials into the correct recycling stream to help ensure these materials can be recycled and help to avoid them ending up in landfill.
Customers are encouraged to check local recycling guidelines for correct disposal. For Italy, further guidance can be found at [waste-recycling]
Examples of the most common packaging material types and classification codes can be found in the following table:
| ID Number | Code | Material Description | Symbol |
| 1 | PET | Polyethylene terephthalate |  |
| 2 | PEHD or HDPE | High-density polyethylene |  |
| 3 | PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |  |
| 4 | PELD or LDPE | Low-density polyethylene, Linear low-density polyethylene |  |
| 5 | PP | Polypropylene |  |
| 6 | PS | Polystyrene |  |
| 7 | Other | Other plastics, such as acrylic, nylon, polycarbonate, and polylactic acid (a bioplastic also known as PLA), and multilayer combinations of different plastics |  |
| 20 | C PAP | Corrugated fiberboard (cardboard) |  |
| 21 | PAP | Non-corrugated fiberboard (paperboard) |  |
| 22 | PAP | Paper |  |
| 23 | PBD (PPB) | Paperboard |  |
| 40 | FE | Steel |  |
| 41 | ALU | Aluminium |  |
| 50 | FOR | Wood |  |
| 51 | FOR | Cork |  |
| 60 | TEX | Cotton |  |
| 61 | TEX | Jute |  |
| 70 | GL | Colourless Glass |  |
| 71 | GL | Green Glass |  |
| 72 | GL | Brown Glass |  |
| 81 | PapPet | Paper + plastic |  |
| 84 | C/PAP (or PapAI) | Paper and cardboard/plastic/aluminium |  |
| 87 | Card-stock Laminated CSL | Biodegradable plastic |  |