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Characterizing and Assessing Product-Related Process Chemicals in Effluent
Cradle to Cradle Certified·clause 6.5·p.78
The requirement
Product Standard clause 6.5 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
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What the product must meet
- Applies to
- Silver level of certification and above (Silver, Gold, and Platinum)
- Exemptions
- (1) If water is only used to rinse the product and product residue is not expected in the effluent; (2) If product-relevant wastewater is produced, but no effluent is discharged from the facility because any waste is shipped and treated as chemical waste off site.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Ecosystem Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Cradle to Cradle Certified · Product Standard · version v3.1 · clause 6.5 · page 78 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/12bd4c2b628c4090
Record details
Page 78 of the file (printed page 70), 6.5 CHARACTERIZING AND ASSESSING PRODUCT-RELATED PROCESS CHEMICALS IN EFFLUENT. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 12bd4c2b628c4090 · document 8e7328bba260bd04 · fidelity verbatim · published 2020-03