Recycled Claim Standard

Content Verification

Raw material recyclers must document the origin of post-consumer plastic bottles or pre-consumer mill waste before entering spinning mills. Each intermediate processor receives transaction certificates matching input mass to output yarn or fabric volume across production runs. Third-party certification bodies conduct annual document audits to reconcile physical material balances across independent sub-contractors.

Tracking Mechanism

The standard offers two distinction tiers, RCS Blended for products with five to ninety-nine percent recycled content, and RCS 100 for products containing ninety-nine to one hundred percent recycled material. Neither tier permits logo usage on products containing less than five percent declared recycled content.

Scope Boundary

Chain of custody documentation gives commercial buyers confidence that declared recycled inputs are physically present in delivered fabrics. Precise material accounting prevents false recycled content claims in commercial textile trading.