Recycled Content Certification
Recycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) certifies the total percentage of recycled material in products. Products are required to achieve certification with more than one recycled material input to promote the use of more recycling inputs and most material impact. A more comprehensive addition to the SCS-103 Recycled Content Standard, this annex sets a minimum threshold for recycled content in the full product, allowing for a product-level claim.
This certification is third-party verified by SCS Global Services.
Certification Highlights
Recycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment:
- Sets a high bar for product level certifications in the Electronics Industry including a minimum threshold for recycled content in the full product by electronic product type.
- Promotes innovation in the material recycling process to continually improve the recycled content limits per product
- Promotes multi-material recycled inputs in the product
- Motivates Brands/Manufacturers to review their material inputs against industry and product type baselines for recycled materials to increased use of recycled materials.
- Will be reviewed every 2 years at a minimum to ensure recycled content limits are increased and keep up with innovative processing and materials.
This certification is ideal for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and brands that want a product-level claim to demonstrate the total percentage of recycled content used in electrical and electronic equipment products. Certificate holders can use this multi-attribute certification to sell products through retailers such as Amazon under the Climate Pledge Friendly program.
Certification Roadmap
- Application Submission
- Quote and Contract
- Data Request Form Preparation/Submission
- Audit and Mass Balance Calculation
- Audit Report, Recommendations, Findings Issued
- Certification Decision
Benefits of Certification
Achieving certification under this standard, builds business value and enables you to:
- Demonstrate the highest levels of environmental sustainability performance for product manufacturing
- Support transparency in product claims to increase consumer confidence and purchases of products with higher levels of recycled content
- Promote innovation in material recycling processes to minimize waste to landfills
- Stimulate increased use of recycled materials in products
- Facilitate the continuous improvement of the functionality and performance of recycled materials