Plastics/Polymer credentials, codes & rules.

Requires: Advised: Systematic Molding class or RJG online assessment; experience in injection molding processing

Renewal: Certificate of completion (80/100 points on quizzes, exams, machine performance); no formal recertification period publi

Requires: Master Molder I

Renewal: Certificate of completion; no formal recertification period published

Requires: Package or component must meet APR Design Guide 'Preferred' criteria (Preferred Design Path) or pass third-party lab testing per Critical Guidance Protocol (Critical Guidance Path)

Renewal: Listing in APR Design Recognition Directory; re-evaluation for new designs

Requires: Field audit against RecyClass methodology; traceability scheme references EN 15343:2007 and ISO 22095:2020

Renewal: Recyclability scheme 3 years; Recycling Process and Traceability schemes 1 year

Requires: Documented QMS covering design, production, installation, servicing of medical devices; stage 1/2 audits

Renewal: Surveillance audits annually; recertification every 3 years

Requires: Completion of Routsis courses (injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, mold/part design); online + on-site + exams

Renewal: Not published

Requires: N/A — no such exam

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ASTM Committee D20

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ASTM Committee D20

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ASTM Committee D20

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ASTM Committee D20

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ISO/TC 61

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ISO/TC 61

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Renewal: Revised periodically by ISO/TC 61

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Renewal: Revised periodically by UL

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Renewal: Revised periodically by UL

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Renewal: Parts revised periodically; ISO 10993-1:2025 latest edition

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Renewal: Standard revision by ISO/TC 210 (2016 current)

Requires: N/A — compliance via listed substance/use (Part 177 = Polymers; 175 adhesives/coatings; 176 paper; 178 adjuvants), GRAS, prior sanction, TOR exemption, or Food Contact Notification (FCN)

Renewal: N/A — ongoing compliance obligation

Requires: N/A — compliance via Union List of authorized monomers/additives (Annex I), SML compliance, OML ≤10 mg/dm² (60 mg/kg for infant food), Declaration of Compliance (Annex IV)

Renewal: N/A — ongoing; amended multiple times

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Requires: N/A — phased: Art 6 design-for-recycling criteria, Art 7 minimum recycled-content thresholds (from 2030, escalating to 2040), Art 22 selected single-use bans, Arts 26-29 reuse/refill targets, Art 44 harmonized labeling, Art 10+ substances-of-concern/PFAS limit

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Requires: Producers register with approved PRO (Circular Action Alliance), report packaging data, pay eco-modulated fees; individual source reduction plans filed by Aug 2026

Renewal: Targets: 10% source reduction by 2027, 20% by 2030, 25% by 2032 vs 2023; 100% of single-use packaging recyclable or comp

Requires: Businesses with 10+ employees must give clear and reasonable warnings before knowingly exposing people to listed chemicals; plastics-relevant listings include BPA (reproductive toxicant, listed 2015), styrene (cancer listing litigated)

Renewal: List updated periodically by OEHHA; no safe-harbor level for oral BPA exposure

Requires: Registration of substances ≥1 t/yr; SVHC Candidate List communication obligations (>0.1% w/w, Art 33); Annex XIV authorization for SVHCs; Annex XVII restrictions (e.g. phthalates, PAHs, cadmium, organotin stabilizers in plastics)

Renewal: N/A — rolling SVHC list updates; restrictions added periodically

Requires: 10 restricted substances in homogeneous materials: Pb, Hg, Cr(VI), PBB, PBDE, DEHP, BBP, DBP, DIBP each <0.1% w/w; Cd <0.01% w/w (per amending Directive (EU) 2015/863 adding the four phthalates)

Renewal: N/A — substance reviews ongoing