The eco2Veritas platform uses evidence to monitor, trace and authenticate the provenance and composition of materials as they progress around the circularity loop.
Evidence is gathered from multiple sources in near-real time to provide comprehensive, substantiated and fraud-resistant proof that a processing event has occurred. Wherever possible, this evidence is gathered directly from plant controllers, IoT-connected weighing devices and AI-powered cameras to minimise the opportunities for fraud or error and the burden on processing staff. Once a batch of material has completed all processing steps, the events and their supporting evidence are gathered into certificates for different purposes:
- A Certificate of Neutralisation documents waste that has been extracted from normal waste disposal routes such as landfill and processed into a useful recycled commodity for future applications. This specifically excludes end-of-life applications such as waste-to-energy or recycled road-building materials.
The certificate is typically supplied to a company sponsoring the recycling process and provides proof of the source, volume & type of waste that has been processed, and the volume & types of recycled materials that have been produced. It does not convey any ownership of the waste or recycled materials themselves but does demonstrate that an organisation has been instrumental in diverting plastic waste from the environment so that it can be recycled.
- A Certificate of Oil documents that oil has been produced from recycled materials, rather than being virgin oil. Pyrolysis oil is deliberately close in chemical structure to virgin oil to enable it to seamlessly be used in existing manufacturing processes with predictable results.
A certificate of oil accompanies pyrolysis oil throughout the circularity loop to provide confidence to purchasers of oil or onward processed products that the raw materials in the product have come from recycled sources. The certificate provides proof of the source, volume and other characteristics of the oil so that processors can not only prove that the material is recycled but also easily incorporate the recycled materials into their normal processes.
- A Certificate of FPF Recycling documents flexible plastic that has been recycled using a process that meets the requirements of The Flexible Plastic Fund, a UK-based collaborative fund giving value to harder-to-recycle flexible plastics so they are properly recycled. The FPF provides an agreed level of financial support so that recyclers get a guaranteed income for recycling flexible plastics.
Recycling companies provide evidence of the source, the recycling process and the volume of recycled product that can then be verified by The Fund and included on a certificate of FPF recycling, helping ensure that The Fund only supports material that is actually recycled.
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