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The Forum Rezyklat wants to support companies in the collection and recording of packaging data and has developed the "Recyclate Guidelines" for this purpose. It is intended to help companies correctly identify the proportion of recycled material in sales packaging.
The guide can be used as a basis for master data maintenance of the quantity and percentage of recyclate in product packaging or product packaging materials in the GDSN data pool.
"There is often no clear understanding of this, exactly which components of the sales packaging are relevant for the recyclate declaration and how differentiated these must be labelled. This can lead to packaging components not being declared or being declared incorrectly and distorting the proportion of recyclate in the total sales packaging," explains Ingo Woltersresponsible for the Forum Recyclate at GS1 Germany.
Therefore Up-to-date, correct and complete data along the value chain of packaging is necessary in order to be able to communicate the proportion of recycled material in the packaging on the product or on the shop shelf.
Recyclate guide with practical examples
The guide was developed by experts in the "Master Data Management" specialist package of the Forum Rezyklat. Using practical examples, it offers a Assistance for the correct collection and recording of dataThe recycled content of a shampoo bottle, an aerosol can or plastic film packaging, for example. It therefore serves as the basis for maintaining product master data. The aim is to further increase the proportion of post-consumer recycled material (PCR) in sales packaging. The document is available in German and English free of charge for download ready.
The information on the packaging materials can also be used as Basis for packaging licensing be utilised. This information can also be used to identify potential for alternative sustainable product packaging. The data can be transmitted to the partners in the supply networks in a standardised manner via the global network of master data pools GDSN (Global Data Synchronisation Network). Since 2019, it has also been possible to specify the proportion of PCR contained in the sales packaging.
Source: Forum Recyclate
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