What is the difference between GRS certification and RCS certification?

GRS certification

The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is an international and voluntary complete productstandard. The content focuses on the implementation of product recycling/recycling components, regulatory chain control, social responsibility and environmental regulations,as well as chemical restrictions by supply chain manufacturers, and is certified by third-party certification agencies. GRS is suitable for products with a recycled content of over 20% in the materials used. Starting from the recycling stage, each production stage must undergo certification and ultimately end with the last seller in a business to business transaction. Material collection and concentration locations require self declaration, document collection, and on-site visits.

RCS Certification

The Recycled Claim Statement Standard (RCS) is another recycling standard introduced by the TE Textile Trading Organization in 2013, which applies to all enterprises that produce or sell RCS products. RCS includes processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and all products sold and used that contain at least 5% recycled materials. The standard used by RCS is the regulatory requirement of CCS. CCS is a universal standard for thesupply chain. This standard helps to ensure consistency and improve efficiency in the certification process. Once a company has been certified to meet CCS standards, other supply chain requirements are based on CCS to reduce duplicate certification.

What are the differences between GRS certification and RCS certification?

Global Recycled Standard, abbreviated as GRS;

Recycled Claim Standard, abbreviated as RCS;

Differences:

Different requirements for product regeneration content: GRS is suitable for products with a regeneration raw material content between 20% -100%; RCS certification is applicable to products with recycled raw material content between 5% and 100%

The audit content is different: GRS has added environmental, social responsibility, and chemical control requirements used in the product production process in addition to RCS requirements;

Different certification marks;

RCS products can use GRS certified raw materials, but GRS products cannot use RCS certified raw materials.