Kiwa, one of the certification bodies under PolyCert Europe’s umbrella answered to some of our questions and explained us why and how they established their scheme.
Giordano Marini, Recycling Product Manager & Scheme Manager at Kiwa, highlights the 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.
He affirms that Kiwa chose the Polycert Europe platform to obtain European recognition for the IPPR - Plastica Seconda Vita certification scheme on behalf of IPPR (Istituto per la Promozione delle Plastiche da Riciclo).
𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 ?
“𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞”, he says.