CAN/BNQ 3840-100/2023

2 SCOPE This standard applies to any products containing a claimed recycled plastic content of at least 5%, which is either credited according to the Chain of Custody (CoC) mass balance model or actual physical recycled content. This standard is not intended to determine the mechanical, physical and chemical qualities and properties of a product, nor the adequacy of the product’s constraint performance with respect to the legal requirements issued by authorities in the jurisdictions for which the end product is intended. In addition, this standard does not address the safety, health, and performance aspects associated with the use of products made with recycled plastic. This standard applies to all organizations performing plastics recycling (recyclers), plastics sorting (sorting centres), plastics processing (packers) and plastics transforming (converters) as well as brand owners whose products contain plastics, that incorporate them into a new product using the following processes, among others: a) injection moulding; b) spinning; c) blowing; d) extrusion; e) thermoforming; f) rotational moulding; g) repelletizing; h) chemical processes such as purification, depolymerization, conversion. This standard has been developed to be used as a reference document in connection with the conformity assessment of applicable products. NOTE — Conformity assessment is defined as the systematic review of the level to which recycled plastic content products meet the specified requirements.