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Recycled plastic content products

3840-100 Produits à contenu de plastique recyclé

Standard CAN/BNQ 3840-100
Recycled plastic content products

Plastic resins are an integral component of modern societies. Their mechanical and chemical properties, including being lightweight and durable, make them ideally suited for a multitude of essential applications. Plastic resins have consequently come to be used as a key material in thousands of manufactured products across virtually all sectors of the economy including automotive, electronics, construction, medical, and food and beverage, among others.

As companies strive to include an increased proportion of recycled plastic content in manufactured products, and as governments consider mandating the use of recycled content in certain products, it will be crucial to have a standard method of calculating and verifying recycled content in products. A robust standard and certification protocol will ensure a level playing field for industries that adopt it and will provide consumers confidence in product claims and labelling for recycled content.

This standard for recycled plastic (recyclate) content products aims to support and encourage positive change throughout the plastic value chain, including by citizens, industry, and governments, to ensure that plastics remain in use in a circular economy, and out of the environment.

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  • Financial contributor

    The development of this standard was made possible thanks to the financial support of the following organizations:

        Partenaire CCN SCC FR


        Partenaire CIAC FR


    Partenaire ECCC FR

    Partenaire Gouv Quebec FR
       Partenaire EEQ FR
  • Standards committee members
    Number of committee members : 24
    Pierre BenabidèsLichens
    Aurélie BergeretPolystyvert
    Dave BornnWinpak
    Pierre-Luc BourjeilyTC Transcontinental Packaging
    Virginie BussièresPyrowave
    Marie-Anne Champoux-GuimondKeurig Canada
    Nancy ConleyNova Chemicals
    Francis CôtéIPL North America
    Jean-François CôtéSoprema
    Mathieu DesjardinsNexKemia Petrochemicals (Éco-Captation)
    Alexander DevonishEnvironment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Adel EssaddamLoop Industries
    Rick EverestCKF (Scotia Investments Family of Companies)
    Normand GadouryÉco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ)
    Keyven GobeilReVital Polymers
    Érik GriséCascades
    Crystal HoweIce River Sustainable Solutions
    Bryan KadlubowskiProcter & Gamble
    Lorena Lujan RubioBASF
    Pooneh SaheliMinistry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy — Government of British Columbia
    Christa SeamanChemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC)
    Jo-Anne St-GodardCircular Innovation Council
    Cosmin VasileMinistère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP)
    Lucie Ying LIModix Plastique

 

Certification Offer 

Recycled plastic content products help create a sustained demand for secondary raw materials, i.e., materials derived from recycling that are used in the manufacture of new products. Recycled plastic content products thus encourage the development and maintenance of new outlets for materials otherwise destined for disposal, whether these materials come from pre-consumer or post-consumer materials. Moreover, by avoiding the use of raw materials, primary raw materials and processed raw materials, recycled plastic content products ensure better management of natural resources. It is important to mention that off-spec materials are not included in pre-consumer materials and not recognized as recycled materials.

The purpose of the certification protocol BNQ 3840-900 is to establish the certification requirements for verifying the conformity of recycled plastic content products within end-products in accordance with the requirements of standard CAN/BNQ 3840-100. The certification requirements list the documentary evidence that a company must provide to establish the quantity of recycled material present in a product with recycled plastic content product, and the marking of this product to facilitate identification.

Certification is for all companies whose end products contain recycled plastics and which use, among other things, the following processes: shredding, grinding, injection moulding, spinning, blowing, extrusion, thermoforming, rotational moulding, repelletizing, purification, depolymerization and conversion. Certification is also for all companies wishing to have their products recognized as well as to those who are responsible for enforcing current regulations. Certification allows to support claims by companies related to their recycled plastic content as well as regulatory authorities and consumers to better identify products made from recycled plastic.

This certification does not apply to sorting centres, but it involves their participation in ensuring conformity with the requirements of the standard CAN/BNQ 3840-100.

This certification program is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada.