APR expands PCR certification across plastic supply chain

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), a nonprofit focused connected plastics recycling successful North America, has broadened its PCR Certification Program.

The inaugural present covers verification of the beingness and the proportionality of post-consumer recycled (PCR) contented successful finished and semi-finished integrative products.

Until now, the certification effort had centred connected PCR worldly made by recyclers successful pellet oregon flake form.

With this expansion, the programme present reaches further crossed the proviso chain.

This allows manufacturers, marque owners, brokers, distributors, traders and different companies progressive successful buying, selling oregon handling PCR to validate recycled-content claims done autarkic third-party certification.

APR said the recently introduced shaper modular is built connected ISO chain-of-custody and traceability requirements.

The model is designed to supply a stringent verification method confirming that businesses are incorporating recycled integrative astatine the levels they report.

Companies that execute certification volition beryllium included successful the APR Certified PCR Directory, which the organisation says volition service arsenic a reliable root for businesses looking for products and packaging made with certified PCR.

APR PCR Certification programme manager Rita Phillip said: "Expanding APR PCR Certification to see producers and proviso concatenation participants strengthens assurance successful recycled contented claims and supports the increasing request for transparency and accountability."

APR president and CEO Steve Alexander said: "Making caller products from post-consumer recycled integrative - integrative packaging commonly recycled by households and businesses - is 1 of the astir effectual ways to trim integrative discarded and alteration reliance connected virgin plastic. Because recycled contented cannot beryllium visually distinguished from virgin plastic, third-party certification is indispensable for verifying recycled contented claims."

In May, APR and Mexico's National Association of Plastics Industries (ANIPAC) entered a co-operation statement focused connected plastics recyclability, recycling plan standards and circular system improvement successful Mexico.

The statement aims to enactment method and enactment betwixt the 2 bodies crossed the plastics chain, covering packaging and merchandise design, collection, recycling and the instrumentality of materials to the market.

"APR expands PCR certification crossed integrative proviso chain" was primitively created and published by Packaging Gateway, a GlobalData owned brand.