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Recycled Material Verified for electrical products

Recycled Material Verified Solutions | TÜV Rheinland

Challenges for product brands owner, retailers and manufacturers

  1. Regulatory Requirements
    Recycle material is required in various policies (e.g. WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU; New battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542; Proposal Packaging and packaging waste regulations; FCM regulations (EU) 2022/1616; Single Use Plastics Directive EU 2019/904, UK Plastic Packaging Tax)
  2. Growth in urbanization
    Increase in urbanization is posing risks to availability of natural resources and raising disposal issues
  3. Supply Chain requirements
    Manufacturers, Brands and Retailers are paying more attention to recyclability and actively encourage use of recycled materials in production to meet environmental protection requirements
  4. Circular Economy
    Recycling wastes is an urgent and essential component of sustainable development to reduce environmental pressures and achieve a circular economy

TÜV Rheinland Recycled Material Verified for Electrical Products

Recycled Material Verified Solutions | TÜV Rheinland

Recycled Material Verified Mark is a voluntary environmental labelling scheme in accordance with ISO 14021 Environmental labels and declarations – Self declared environmental claims (type II environmental labelling), and various globe environment certificate Directives.

It aims to encourage the demand for and supply of those products that cause less stress on the environment, thereby stimulating the potential for market-driven continuous environmental improvement.

Scope and focus of the service

It is suitable for products made from recycled materials, e. g. plastics, metal, wood, etc. and is applicable to Brands, Retailers as well as Manufacturers.

The service focuses are below:

  1. The assessment of the system for traceability and thus for the calculation of the recycled content in the end products
  2. The recycled content products meet the legal and safety requirements to avoid become waste easily and cause damage to human body

This assessment considers both the "pre-consumer" portion of recycling (during manufacturing) and the "post-consumer" portion (at disposal).

What TÜV Rheinland can provide

  • Recycled material provider audit
  • Effectiveness of manufacturing and process of the recycled material management system
  • Verification of source and type of recycled materials
  • Verification of recycled material and proportion used in product
  • Verification of the ability to manufacture recycled materials contained product
  • Product Legal or Safety test (Including mechanical test, chemical test and etc.), Functional test optional
  • Training services of recycling material management and product legal requirement

Benefits of customers

Competitive Advantages

  • Differentiate your product from others
  • Simple and direct reference for sales force to convey message to end-consumers or procurement officers

Trust

  • Safeguard reputation and provide credibility
  • Empower trust with label from third party assessor

Sustainability Commitment

  • Global policy supporting (taxes)
  • Promote your product’s dedication in environment reservation

Chain of custody

  • Forming a stronger, innovative, collaborative, globally competitive industry, including smarter jobs and companies focused on a circular system

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