Global Recycling Standard (GRS) Details
What is the GRS?
The Global Recycling Standard (GRS) is an international, voluntary standard for complete products. The content addresses the implementation of product recovery/recycled content, chain-of-custody controls, social responsibility and environmental norms, and chemical restrictions by supply chain manufacturers, and is certified by a third-party certification body.
The purpose of GRS certification is to ensure that the claims made on the product are correct and that the product is manufactured in a good working environment and with minimal environmental impact and chemical impact.GRS certification is designed to meet the needs of companies to validate the recycled/reclaimed content of their products (including finished and semi-finished products) and to validate the relevant roles of social responsibility, environmental regulation, and chemical use.
As we all know, in recent years, global environmental awareness is gradually increasing, this is not a ‘fashionable’ wind, but a development trend. Numerous brands have joined the regeneration action, and the consumer group is also using their choice of vote, green recycled materials are becoming the choice, the earth is only one, and green development must be the future. Therefore, GRS certification is a ‘golden key’ to open the international environmental market.
GRS Certification Application Requirements:
Proportion of recycled content ≥ 20%
GRS must meet the conditions after application:
1, EIA meets the standard;
2, Wastewater third-party test report meets ZDHC requirements;
GRS certification retrospective principle:
If the company wants to apply for GRS certification, then the recycled raw materials (recycled raw material) of the upstream suppliers should also have a GRS certification certificate, in the company's GRS certification when its suppliers should provide a GRS compliance certificate (scope certificate, referred to as SC) and transaction certificate (transaction) The suppliers of recyclable materials (recycled material) at the source of the supply chain should provide a recycled material supplier agreement (Reclaimed Material Supplier Agreement) and a recycled material declaration form (Reclaimed Material Declaration Form). Suppliers of reclaimed material at the source of the supply chain are required to provide a Reclaimed Material Supplier Agreement and Reclaimed Material Declaration Form, and on-site verification will be conducted when necessary.
GRS Classification and Definition of Recycled Materials:
1, Post-consumer recycled materials: materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that cannot be reused for their intended purpose. Includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, materials that are consumed by consumers and then recycled.
2, Pre-consumer recycled materials: materials diverted from the waste stream during manufacturing. Excludes the reuse of certain materials such as rework, regrind, or residuals that are generated in the process and will be reused in the same process. I.e., materials reclaimed for recycling that the consumer does not consume.
3, Recycled Proportion: The proportion of recycled material by mass in a product or package. Only pre-consumer and post-consumer materials are considered recycled content.
