prEN 18065

Plastics - Recycled plastics - Classification of recycled plastics based on Data Quality Levels for use and (digital) trading

This document defines a system for the classification of recycled plastics based on the available data depth (Data Quality Levels, DQL) and provides guidelines for the labelling of the recyclate type and recycled content in compounds.
It is intended to support parties involved in the use and trading of recycled plastics, explicitly including digital trading platforms.

Kunststoffe - Kunststoff-Rezyklate - Klassifizierung von Kunststoff-Rezyklate durch Datenqualitätslevels für die Verwendung und den (internetbasierten) Handel

Dieses Dokument legt ein System für die Klassifizierung von Kunststoff-Rezyklaten auf der Grundlage der verfügbaren Datentiefe (Datenqualitätslevels, DQL) fest und bietet Leitlinien für die Kennzeichnung des Rezyklat-Typs und des Rezyklatgehalts in Mischungen.
Es dient dazu, die beteiligten Parteien in der Nutzung von und dem Handel mit Kunststoff-Rezyklaten, ausdrücklich unter Einbeziehung digitaler Handelsplattformen zu unterstützen.

Plastiques - Plastiques recyclés - Classification des plastiques recyclés sur la base des niveaux de qualité des données pour l’utilisation et le commerce (numérique)

Le présent document définit un système pour la classification des plastiques recyclés reposant sur la profondeur des données disponibles (niveaux de qualité des données, DQL) et fournit des lignes directrices pour l’étiquetage du type de recyclat et du contenu en matière recyclée dans les compositions.
Il est destiné à assister les parties concernées par l’utilisation et le commerce des plastiques recyclés, en incluant explicitement les plateformes de commerce numérique.

Polimerni materiali - Reciklirani polimerni materiali - Razvrstitev recikliranih polimernih materialov na podlagi ravni kakovosti podatkov za uporabo in (digitalno) trgovanje

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 15-May-2025
• ICS: 13.030.50 - Recycling
• ICS: 35.240.63 - IT applications in trade
• ICS: 83.080.01 - Plastics in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 249 - Plastics
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 249/WG 11 - Plastics recycling
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 30-May-2024
• Due Date: 22-Mar-2024
• Completion Date: 30-May-2024
• Mandate: M/584 - Plastics recycling and recycled plastics
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 18065:2024 - Plastics - Recycled plastics - Classification of recycled plastics based on Data Quality Levels for use and (digital) trading

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2024
Polimerni materiali - Reciklirani polimerni materiali - Razvrstitev recikliranih
polimernih materialov na podlagi ravni kakovosti podatkov za uporabo in
(digitalno) trgovanje
Plastics - Recycled plastics - Classification of recycled plastics based on Data Quality
Levels for use and (digital) trading
Kunststoffe - Kunststoff-Rezyklate - Klassifizierung von Kunststoff-Rezyklate durch
Datenqualitätslevels für die Verwendung und den (internetbasierten) Handel
Plastiques - Plastiques recyclés - Classification des plastiques recyclés sur la base des
niveaux de qualité des données pour l’utilisation et le commerce (numérique)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18065
ICS:
13.030.50 Recikliranje Recycling
35.240.63 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in trade
trgovini
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2024
ICS 13.030.50; 83.080.01
English Version
Plastics - Recycled plastics - Classification of recycled
plastics based on Data Quality Levels for use and (digital)
trading
Classification des plastiques recyclés par niveaux de Kunststoff-Rezyklate - Klassifizierung durch
qualité des données pour l'utilisation et le commerce Datenqualitätslevels für die Verwendung und den
(digital) (internetbasierten) Handel
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 249.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Data Quality Levels (DQL) for recyclates. 10
4.1 General. 10
4.2 Introduction of Data Quality Levels (DQL) . 10
4.3 Application-specific DQL . 11
4.4 Further explanation for characteristics . 12
4.4.1 Type of filler (I) . 12
4.4.2 Additives (O) . 12
4.4.3 Further details of recycling process (O) . 12
4.4.4 Traceability (O) . 12
4.4.5 Greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO equivalents (O). 12
4.4.6 Contaminant/Non-target materials in the recyclate (O) . 12
4.5 Sampling and homogenization . 12
4.5.1 Sampling . 12
4.5.2 Homogenization . 12
4.5.3 Further description of the DQL requirements for sampling and homogenization . 13
5 Determination of recycled content . 13
5.1 Designation . 13
5.2 Bio-based and bio-attributed content in the context of recycled content. 14
6 Labelling . 14
7 Digital Product Passport . 16
7.1 Requirements for data capture, creation and supersedence. 16
7.1.1 Introduction . 16
7.1.2 Validation . 17
7.1.3 Amendments and re-issuing . 17
7.1.4 Supersedence . 18
7.2 Requirements for data transfer and traceability . 18
7.2.1 System boundaries for Digital Product Passport . 18
7.2.2 General principles of data transfer . 18
7.2.3 Best Practice in data transfer . 19
7.3 Traceability . 19
Bibliography . 31

European foreword
This document (prEN 18065:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics”,
the secretariat of which is held by SIS.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
Introduction
This document was drafted as an umbrella standard for a series of standards for the classification of
recycled plastics, pursuant to the Standardization Request of the European Commission (SReq M/584),
annexed to the Commission Implementing Decision C(2022) 5372 as regards plastics recycling and
recycled plastics in support of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy. With decision
from August 10, 2022, CEN and CEN Technical Boards have accepted the Standardization Request. It aims
to establish a coherent classification and designation system for recycled plastics, irrespective of polymer
and application type, and provides a unified framework with existing and future standards in the field of
recycled plastics. It further addresses the need of creating digital product passports for recyclates in
order to ensure a unified transfer of data as the material passes through the value chain and thus enable
a more holistic circular economy for plastics.
This document has been developed with a view towards creating synergies between the digital and green
transition. By measuring and controlling inputs, and with increased automation, technologies like
robotics and the internet of things could improve resource efficiency and strengthen the flexibility of
systems and networks. Digital technologies could also support monitoring, reporting and verification of
greenhouse gas emissions for carbon pricing. Digital product passports enable enhanced material,
component and end-to-end traceability and make data more accessible, which is essential for viable
circular business models.
European Commission (2022), 2022 Strategic Foresight Report. Twinning the green and digital transitions in the
new geopolitical context, COM (2022), 289 final, p. 2.
1 Scope
This document defines a system for the classification of recycled plastics based on the available data
depth (Data Quality Levels, DQL) and provides guidelines for the labelling of the recyclate type and
recycled content in compounds.
It is intended to support parties involved in the use and trading of recycled plastics, explicitly including
digital trading platforms.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TR 15353:2007, Plastics - Recycled plastics - Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled
plastics
CEN/TS 16010, Plastics - Recycled plastics - Sampling procedures for testing plastics waste and recyclates
CEN/TS 16011, Plastics —Recycled plastics — Sample preparation
EN 10204, Metallic products - Types of inspection documents
EN 17615:2022, Plastics - Environmental Aspects - Vocabulary
EN ISO 472:2013, Plastics - Vocabulary (ISO 472:2013)
EN ISO 1043-1, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special
characteristics (ISO 1043-1)
EN ISO 1043-2, Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 2: Fillers and reinforcing materials (ISO
1043-2)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 472, EN 17615 and
CEN/TR 15353, the abbreviated terms related to recyclates given in EN ISO 1043-1, and the following
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
NOTE References to this figure are made in the relevant definitions below.
Figure 1 — Illustration of terms
3.1
additive
substance which is used to process or to modify end use properties of plastics
Note 1 to entry: Mentioned substances are normally included in carrier matrix.
Note 2 to entry: Mentioned final use properties are e.g. rigidity, flexibility, colour etc.
[SOURCE: EN 17615:2022, 3.4]
3.2
agglomerate
compactate
larger particles formed by joining or binding together of smaller particles whose original identity can still
be visible in the final form
Note 1 to entry: See also Figure 1.
[SOURCE: EN 17615:2022, 3.6, modified — “compactate” was added as alternative term, Note 1 to entry
was replaced by a new Note 1 to entry.]
3.3
characteristic
property (3.16) of or information (3.9) about a material
3.4
compound
intimate mixture of a polymer in melt with other ingredients such as fillers, plasticizers, polymers,
catalysts, colorants or other additives
[SOURCE: EN ISO 472:2013, 2.184, modified — “in melt” was added; “of polymers” was moved towards
iterative list; “and” was replaced with “or”]
3.5
contaminant
non-target materials
DEPRECATED: impurity
undesired substance or material
[SOURCE: EN 17615:2022, 3.68 – modified: “non-target materials” added as synonym term]
3.6
Data Quality Level
DQL
specific combination of characteristics (3.3) about the material
Note 1
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