What will this scheme allow?
The scheme will allow all companies adhering to the OCS and any other entity handling pellets along the supply chain to assess and quantify their implementation of the OCS commitment. It will establish common minimum requirements (based on the six pillars of the OCS commitment) that will be regularly audited by accredited certification bodies. Certified companies will be included in an online Public Register and will be reported annually on the development of the certification, including estimates of grain loss and performance indicators.

Hervé Millet, Plastics Europe‘s Climate and Production Director, said: “The launch of the OCS Europe certification scheme is an important step to further enhance the impact of the Operation Clean Sweep programme and support our members and their value chains to prevent pellet loss. Plastics producers are strongly committed to implement this certification in their facilities in Europe and to encourage their value chain partners to do the same.”

Geoffroy Tillieux, technical director of European Plastics Converters, added