Recycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

What is the SCS-103 Recycled Content Annex A?

For LATAM-based manufacturers, the SCS Recycled Content Standard for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) raises the bar for recycled content in consumer electronics products. A comprehensive addition to the SCS-103 Recycled Content Standard, this annex sets a minimum threshold for recycled content in the full product, allowing for a product-level claim. 

How Products Achieve Recycled Content Certification 

This certification is ideal for brands and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) located around the globe, that want a product-level claim to demonstrate the total percentage of recycled content used in electrical and electronic equipment products. Certificate holders can use this certification to sell products through retailers such as Amazon under the Climate Pledge Friendly program. Products that qualify under this standard range from heating and portable A/C appliances to coffee machines, gaming devices, computer and internet equipment, mobile devices and more. 

This certification brings transparency in product claims to the marketplace. Each product subcategory has a set minimum threshold for recycled materials and multiple recycled material inputs are required.

Currently Achievable Metals Recycled Content Levels in the Market

This will increase consumer confidence and product purchases, while also supporting the manufacturers’ efforts towards improving recycled material use. Certification also helps companies promote continuous improvement of recycled materials, as well as innovation in material recycling processes to minimize waste to landfills.

The certification process involves an audit of legal compliance, supplier verification and validation, material due diligence procedures, minimum recycled content criteria and material inputs. Once certified, companies can make a Recycled Content claim with use of the logo, proving conformance to the SCS-103 Standard with Annex A: Optional Criteria for Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

Why Choose SCS?

With over 40 years of experience in third-party certification, SCS is a trusted global leader in certification, verification and auditing in the LATAM region having certified some of the largest companies, producers and manufactures based in Central and South America. SCS has led the industry in recycled content certification introducing the first version of its standard in 1989 to answer the growing need to quantify recycled content in a wide range of products. Companies count on SCS to deliver the most comprehensive assessment and certification for Recycled Content in the market today which helps them tell a sustainability story about the products they manufacture. 

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