
Interpreting pre-consumer recycled content claims
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Learn which materials and processes can be considered pre-consumer recycled content to meet consumer demand and align with accepted industry and scientific definitions. Download below.
Various guidance and regulations have been published on the use of recycled content claims. For example, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its Green Guides to help marketers avoid deceptive environmental claims, explaining how “reasonable consumers” would likely interpret such claims. ISO 14021 guidance notes that the reliability of self-declared environmental claims depends on adequate verification to “avoid negative market effects such as trade barriers or unfair competition, which can arise from unreliable and deceptive environmental claims.”
UL takes these definitions into account in UL 2809, the Standard for Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Recycled Content. The Standard states that pre-consumer recycled content is, “Material that has never reached the end-user, having been diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process.”
Understanding what is pre-consumer recycled content or simply repurposed material can be challenging. In this white paper, readers will learn the most relevant terms associated with pre-consumer recycled content based on publicly available definitions from various sources as well as UL’s experience and insight. The terms defined in this white paper include:
Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Recycled Content
Interpreting pre-consumer recycled content claims
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