What is BS EN 45557 about?
BS EN 45557 discusses the general method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content in energy-related products. ErP, energy-related products, are products that use energy, or that do not use energy but have an indirect impact on energy consumption.
BS EN 45557 specifies a general method for assessing the proportion of recycled material in an energy-related product. BS EN 45557 is applicable as the framework to be used for defining the assessment of recycled materials content in specific product groups.
Note 1: BS EN 45557 is not intended to generate publicly available product information and compare products in the absence of a product standard based on BS EN 45557.
Note 2: BS EN 45557 does not cover aspects such as the quality and physical properties of recycled materials.
Note 3: BS EN 45557 does not apply to the assessment of reused components.
Note 4: EN 45556:2019 provides a general method for assessing the proportion of reused components in ErPs.
Who is BS EN 45557 for?
BS EN 45557 on assessing the proportion of recycled material content in energy-related products is useful for:
- Energy-related product manufacturers and suppliers
- Environmental agencies
- Designers of energy-related products
Why should you use BS EN 45557?
Energy-related products include water using devices, building insulation products, windows, and such products. The recycled material content of a new product is a characteristic of the product and its parts, that contributes to material efficiency, in addition to the potentials of reusability, recyclability and recoverability.
BS EN 45557 facilitates the provision of substantiated claims of the recycled materials content of energy-related products. The key for substantiated claims for new products is the recognition of the chain of custody (CoC), which allows the tracing of recycled materials from different sources.
The benefit of increasing recycled material content in products is, in many cases, the incentivisation of recycling of end-of-life (EoL) waste material through the stimulation of demand for recycled materials.
