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Material Content Disclosure
CircularityA composition disclosure states product content percentages, recycled-content type, calculation basis, and product scope.
You might see it written as: Recycled Content · Post-Consumer Recycled Content · Post-Industrial Recycled Content · Pre-Consumer Recycled Content · Material Content
Issued by: Manufacturer (self-declared) · SCS Global Services (certified content)
What it proves
A composition disclosure states product content percentages, recycled-content type, calculation basis, and product scope.
What it does not prove
- That recycled content is independently certified unless a certificate or audited declaration is present.
- That post-consumer and post-industrial content are interchangeable.
Claims it can support
- Claims Recycled Content →
medium risk
- Claims Water-Based / Solvent Free →
medium risk
- Claims Design for Disassembly →
medium risk
- Claims Closed-Loop Recycled Content →
medium risk
- Claims Bio-Based Content →
medium risk
- Claims Natural Materials →
high risk
- Claims Plastic-Free →
medium risk
- Claims Vegan Materials →
medium risk
Evidence checklist
- Minimum authority
- Manufacturer declared
- Should state
- Content Type · Percentage · Calculation Basis · Product Scope · Source Authority
- Date sensitivity
- Expiry is not the primary issue; check scope and method instead.
Recycled-content claims need product-scope and calculation-basis context before comparison.