SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content
Version 8.1 · current · published 2025-07-01
57 requirements in the product view, of 57 held for this standard. Scheme profile
Wording is not listed. Open the clause for its citation and, where the publisher’s terms allow, its words.
- 3.2.1Appealing certification decisionsKlar Cite’s name
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.7·No CMF area
- 3.2.2Complaint handling routeKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: complaints dealt with by the certification body, with escalation to the standard owner.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.7·No CMF area
- 6.1.1Documented traceability procedureKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: written procedures showing traceability of in-scope materials and products.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.10·No CMF area
- 6.1.2Content of traceability proceduresKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: procedures matched to segregation or mass balance, with process diagrams or input descriptions.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.10·No CMF area
- 6.2.1Bill of materials for recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a materials list detailed enough to work out the product's recycled content percentage.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.11·Circular Economy
- 6.2.2Product formula controlKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a documented way to control the product formulation.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.12·No CMF area
- 6.3.1Supplier selection procedureKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a procedure setting and applying criteria for choosing suppliers.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.12·No CMF area
- 6.3.2Supplier and material source recordsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: keeping details of suppliers, the materials they supply, and material origin.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.12·No CMF area
- 6.3.3Supplier declarations for recycled inputsKlar Cite’s name
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.12·Circular Economy
- 6.3.4Certified inputs for allocated recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: allocated recycled raw materials certified to this standard or listed mass balance schemes.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.12·Circular Economy
- 6.3.5Customer due diligence for precious metalsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a customer due diligence procedure for precious metals and tin, tungsten and tantalum.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 6.3.5Customer due diligence procedureKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: showing a customer due diligence procedure is in use.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 6.4.1Seven-year supplier recordsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: keeping current and past supplier records for recycled purchases for at least seven years.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 6.4.2Supplier and certification records keptKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: the supplier and certification records a manufacturer keeps.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 7.1.1Minimum 5% recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·Circular Economy
- 7.1.1Minimum 5% recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·Circular Economy
- 7.2.1Keeping recycled and virgin material apartKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a documented procedure to separate and label recycled versus virgin material.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 7.2.2Separating non-conforming productKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a documented procedure to keep conforming and non-conforming product apart in production.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.13·No CMF area
- 7.3.1Scrap and waste recordsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: dry-weight records of scrap reused and waste sent for disposal or recycling.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.3.2Scrap excluded from recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: material used as fuel, and scrap reused unprocessed in its originating process, not counting.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·Circular Economy
- 7.4.1Recycled purchases by supplierKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: dry-weight records of recycled material bought from each supplier.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.5.1Production totalsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: dry-weight output totals per product, including trim waste, defects and non-saleable material.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.6.1Recycled material inventoryKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: inventory records of recycled material amounts and types used in the product.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.7.1Input-output reconciliationKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: showing enough recycled material was supplied to make the product quantity reported.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.7.2Conversion factor for transformed inputsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: applying an input-to-output ratio where materials change form in processing.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.14·No CMF area
- 7.7.3Accounting for process lossesKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a conversion factor covering inefficiency, scrap, waste and fuel use, with its formula.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.15·No CMF area
- 8.1.1Minimum 5% allocated recycled contentKlar Cite’s name
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.15·Circular Economy
- 8.2.1Mass balance procedureKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: a documented procedure covering site boundaries, system boundary and material flow.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.15·No CMF area
- 8.2.1.3Linking inputs to credited outputsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: showing material flow from input origin to the output that receives credit.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.15·No CMF area
- 8.2.2Tracking mass balance flowsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: recording every input and output inside the defined system boundary.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.15·No CMF area
- 8.2.2.1Input records for mass balanceKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: receipt dates, shipments, suppliers, composition, quantities and credits added for inputs.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.2.2.2Output records for mass balanceKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: conversion factors, output identity, allocated content, credits retired, dates and shipments.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.2.2.2Output records for mass balanceKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: conversion factors, output identity, allocated content, credits retired, dates and shipments.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.3.1Defining the mass balance boundaryKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: setting a clear boundary to monitor recycled content entering and leaving.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.3.2System boundary examplesKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: boundaries covering one facility or several connected facilities on one site.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.4.1Converting inputs into creditsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: turning recycled input mass into credits in the accounting system by a set conversion.
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- 8.4.2Measurement units for creditsKlar Cite’s name
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- 8.4.2Mass or energy-based credit unitsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: credits by input mass, or by heating value for chemical recycling.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.4.2.1Mass-based creditsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: credits equal to input mass, gram for gram.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.16·No CMF area
- 8.4.2.2Heating-value credits for chemical recyclingKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: credits based on the input's lower heating value from references or testing.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.17·No CMF area
- 8.4.3One credit unit per systemKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: each accounting system using only a single type of credit unit.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.17·No CMF area
- 8.4.4Banking and transferring creditsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: carrying credits forward or moving them between sites with majority common ownership.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.17·No CMF area
- 8.5.1Retiring credits for outputsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: withdrawing credits and assigning them to outputs with claims, oldest credits first.
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- 8.5.2Technical feasibility of allocationKlar Cite’s name
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- 8.5.3Allocating recycled content to productsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: applying a conversion factor for processing losses when assigning content to the finished product.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.17·No CMF area
- 8.6.1Credit reconciliation frequencyKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: reconciling credits at least every three months, extendable to twelve with approval.
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- 8.6.2No negative balance at period endKlar Cite’s name
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- 8.6.3Unused credit carry-overKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: unused credits moving to the next period and not expiring while certified.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.18·No CMF area
- 9.1.1.1Pre-approval of claims and logosKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: the certification body approving claim wording and logo use, including private labels, first.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.18·No CMF area
- 9.1.1.1Pre-approval of claimsKlar Cite’s name
Klar Cite note, not the standard’s words: Addresses: claims needing certification body approval before they are used.
SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content·p.18·No CMF area