Waste

Ingrédients recyclés

Une partie ou l’intégralité des composants ou des ingrédients de ce produit ont été convertis à partir de matériaux qui, sinon, auraient été jetés. Les matériaux ou ingrédients existants sont remaniés pour créer de nouveaux produits. La valeur des matières premières est élevée au cours de ce processus.

Proof Point Level
Product

What are the requirements for this Proof Point?

Criteria

The materials must not undergo an industrial process that changes their structure before they are reused into a new product

Fashion Criteria

  • At least 50% of this product is made from deadstock or up-cycled waste material

Beauty Criteria

  • At least one of the active ingredients, or one of the main ingredients as calculated by weight, is made of material that would have otherwise gone to waste

Food Criteria

  • At least 10% of the ingredients are from materials that would have otherwise gone to waste

Information you'll need to share in this Proof Point

  • Disclose which parts are upcycled and from what object

What documents do I need to supply?

Evidence should strongly support the claim and will be made publicly available

  • Proof of purchase/donation of materials that would have otherwise gone to waste

Who can verify this Proof Point?

Verifiers are third parties who can confirm the validity of a given Proof Point

  • Organisation supplying waste

Proof Point Basis

The Upcycled Ingredients proof point highlights beauty, food and fashion products containing upcycled ingredients. Upcycled is defined by the Upcycled Food Association as "ingredients that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption, are procured and produced using verifiable supply chains…". The 10% threshold for food aligns with the UFA's minimum.

Sources: Upcycled Food Association  https://www.upcycledfood.org/upcycled-certification

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