To meet the needs of a circular economy, REDcert will offer companies operating in the chemical industry the opportunity to manufacture chemical products from recycled waste materials of fossil origin and have them certified under the REDcert² scheme starting in October 2019.
REDcert² certification is therefore possible for products containing recycled materials as well as for products with biogenic raw materials. Traceability under REDcert² is guaranteed on the basis of a mass balance approach with clearly defined criteria. In the CE 100 White Paper published by the Ellen McArthur Foundation, this is seen as an essential strategic element to facilitate and promote the use of recycled materials.
By expanding the scope of sustainability certification, REDcert is creating an incentive to reuse valuable fossil-based waste materials in the chemical industry in order to further reduce the use of “virgin materials” (fossil primary raw materials).