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Paving the way in the latest sustainable certification best practices
SCG provides an independent certification service that, through a range of product tests and audits, can validate the recycled content of a product.
This can be used for compliance purposes, to support sustainability claims, highlight to customers product quality, and avoid greenwashing.
The accreditation logo is also a simple and quick way for customers to recognise that your product complies with legislation such as the Plastic Packaging Tax. Need more persuading? Read more on our Sustainable Certification page.
SCG’s Sustainable Certifications cover the whole product supply chain, from recyclers, through to manufacturers and retailers.
Our team of practitioners have extensive experience in sustainable manufacturing, auditing, business support and management systems.
We have utilised this understanding to create certification schemes that work in the ‘real world’ to validate compliance and customer assurance.
Our robust evidence portfolios capture the necessary information to enable you to meet the certification requirements, and demonstrate that you have achieved independent validation of your process or products.
- Supports supply chain emissions reductions through verification of use of sustainability focussed materials (i.e. recycled content) across several stages of the product journey.
- Having a recognised certification could make your product a first choice for organisations looking to make more environmentally friendly procurement choices.
- Carbon Savings: carbon savings can be identified through the use of alternative materials.These can contribute to reducing Scope 3 emissions reporting (e.g. through recycled content materials use). For eligible processes and products, SCG’s Low Carbon certification can capture these savings for you or your customers.
Sheet plastic, PET, etc? SCG to supply
Plastic Packaging Tax has been put in place by HMRC to encourage the usage of recycled material in plastic packaging in the UK. All eligible businesses will be liable to pay £200 per tonne on plastic packaging on the market with less than 30% recycled plastic content.
ISO 14021:2016 states that recycled plastic included post-consumer plastic waste and pre-consumer plastic waste, with the exception of scrap and re-grind material.
- It is a standard developed by consensus with industry experts and public consultation
- Created with independent and rigorous facilitation (BSi)
- Developed for the Packaging Industry.
- Focused on techniques that handle pellets and end products
- Standard is currently for rigid plastic only (films may be applicable in future).
- Identifies the % content of Recyclate
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