A3 Compliance Requirements – Production

A3.1 Application of Production Requirements

Organizations involved in production of RCS goods are subject to RCS certification. The TE Recycled Claim

Standard requires compliance with the requirements (sections A, B, C and D) of the Content Claim Standard,

whereby the ‘Claimed Material’ is replaced with ‘Recycled Material’ as defined in section A1.2f.

A3.2 Production

In addition to the requirements of the CCS, all organizations involved in the production of RCS

products must meet the following requirements:

A3.2a All recycled materials entering the supply chain must have a valid Transaction Certificate (TC) issued by an approved CB.

A3.2b The amounts of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste must be recorded separately at all

steps of production.

A3.2c Traders with an annual turnover of less than $10,000 of RCS goods, and retailers selling to end

consumers only, are exempt from the certification obligation; provided that they do not (re-)

pack or (re-)label RCS Goods. Exempted traders with less than $10,000 annual turnover of RCS

Goods must register with an Approved Certification Body and must inform the Certification Body

immediately once their annual turnover exceeds $10,000, or once they plan to (re-)pack or (re-)

label RCS goods.

A3.2d In cases where there is the possibility of differential rates of production loss between recycled

and virgin inputs, organizations must address this through their mass balance formula.

A3.2e Buyers of the RCS product will be responsible to set any further requirements on the specific

standards or requirements to which the input material must be certified. These additional

requirements are separate from the RCS and its certification process.