HERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO SORT PAPER AND PACKAGING MADE OF PLASTIC, PAPER/CARDBOARD OR METAL.
COCET provides all the documents you need to improve the way your packaging is sorted: protocols to show you the framework of the various tests and their methodology.
Tests protocols
All tests conducted by COCET follow the test protocols below.
- Protocol MRF 1
- MRF Protocol
- June 2025
- MRF Protocol - Protocol MRF 1 - June 2025
- Protocole Sep 1
- Separation Protocol
- June 2026
- Separation Protocol - Protocole Sep 1 - June 2026
- Protocol Compact 1
- Compaction Protocol
- June 2026
- Compaction Protocol - Protocol Compact 1 - June 2026
- Positive list
- Positive list of detectable dark colorant
- June 2025
- Positive list of detectable dark colorant - Positive list - June 2025
- Protocol OS 2
- Dark Protocol
- June 2026
- Dark Protocol - Protocol OS 2 - June 2026
- Protocol OS 1
- Optical Sorting Test Protocol
- December 2025
- Optical Sorting Test Protocol - Protocol OS 1 - December 2025
COCET General Notices
Find here the opinions on the recyclability of packaging published by COCET.
- AG11
- Plastic
- Plastic_Pots and Sleeves
- 2026
- Plastic_Pots and Sleeves - AG11 - 2026
- AG12
- Multimaterial
- Paper-Cardboard_Plastic_Metal_Pots and clip-on lids
- 2026
- Paper-Cardboard_Plastic_Metal_Pots and clip-on lids - AG12 - 2026
- AG10
- Paper - Cardboard
- P-C_Dark cardboard/paper
- 2026
- P-C_Dark cardboard/paper - AG10 - 2026
- AG5
- Plastic
- Plastic_Metallised effect by vacuum sputtering
- 2025
- Plastic_Metallised effect by vacuum sputtering - AG5 - 2025
- AG3
- Paper - Cardboard
- P-C_Metallic inks
- 2025
- P-C_Metallic inks - AG3 - 2025
- AG2
- Paper - Cardboard
- P-C_Foil stamping and Transfer
- 2025
- P-C_Foil stamping and Transfer - AG2 - 2025
- AG1
- Paper - Cardboard
- P-C_Metallised lamination and aluminium coating on the surface
- 2025
- P-C_Metallised lamination and aluminium coating on the surface - AG1 - 2025
- AG6
- Plastic
- Plastic_Metallic inks
- 2025
- Plastic_Metallic inks - AG6 - 2025
- AG7
- Plastic
- Plastic_Metal effect by mass colouration
- 2025
- Plastic_Metal effect by mass colouration - AG7 - 2025
- AG8
- Plastic
- Plastic_Dark flexible
- 2025
- Plastic_Dark flexible - AG8 - 2025
COCET Technical Notices
You can find here the Technical Opinions on the detectability of dark colourants for rigid plastic packaging, published by COCET. To view the Technical Opinions previously issued by COTREP, please visit https://www.cotrep.fr/en/. For a list of dark colourants whose detectability has been validated by COCET, please consult the Positive List