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RCS Recycled Claim Standard
Recycled content and chain of custody only, without the social, environmental and chemical requirements the Global Recycled Standard adds. A voluntary certification standard, not a test method. Compliance is demonstrated by third-party audit of a site and by transaction certificates following the material through the chain, rather than by a laboratory result on a specimen.
- Number
- RCS
- Edition
- RCS 2.0
- Status
- active
What this standard is for
What to watch for
Shares one publication page with the Global Recycled Standard, which is the usual reason the two get confused. It is the lighter of the pair: content and custody, nothing about the conditions the material was processed under.
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