Reuse and recycling checklist: confirm scope, condition, operator, acceptance, downstream route, measurements

• The products, brands, sites, countries, channels, and dates are defined.
• Post-industrial scrap, returned goods, unsold stock, and post-consumer items are separated.
• The measurement unit is stated and used consistently.
• A named person owns acceptance, safety, claim, and correction decisions.
• Legal title and responsibility at each handoff are documented.

Scope and ownership checks

• Products, brands, sites, countries, channels, dates defined
• Post-industrial, returns, unsold, post-consumer separated
• Measurement unit stated and used consistently
• Named person owns acceptance, safety, claim decisions
• Legal title and responsibility at each handoff

• The baseline uses a stated year and comparable boundary.
• Generation, collection, reuse, recycling, combustion, landfill, and unknown routes are not combined.
• Inventory changes are included.
• Public statistics are dated and labeled by geography and material scope.

• Wearable condition has an operational definition.
• Repairable defects and rejection limits are written.
• Wet, moldy, pest-affected, sharp, or chemically contaminated material is isolated.
• Recalls and product-specific restrictions were checked.
• Workers have suitable handling procedures and protective equipment.
• Medical, protective, or privacy-sensitive products receive specialist review.

Condition and safety checks

• Wearable condition has an operational definition
• Repairable defects and rejection limits written
• Wet, moldy, pest-affected, sharp, contaminated material isolated
• Recalls and product-specific restrictions checked
• Workers have handling procedures and protective equipment
• Medical, protective, privacy-sensitive products get specialist review

• The operator's identity and contact information are verifiable.
• Signs state accepted items, prohibited items, condition, and packaging.
• Containers protect material from weather, pests, fire, and unauthorized removal.
• Overflow, contamination, complaints, and emergency pickup have owners.
• Collection frequency matches volume and storage capacity.
• Each pickup has a date, location, quantity, carrier, and receipt.

Collection control checks

• Operator identity and contact verifiable
• Signs state accepted, prohibited, condition, packaging
• Containers protect from weather, pests, fire, removal
• Overflow, contamination, complaints, emergency pickup owners
• Collection frequency matches volume and storage
• Each pickup has date, location, quantity, carrier, receipt

• Sort categories match actual downstream specifications.
• Reuse grades consider function, safety, demand, size, and season.
• Material grades record composition, construction, color, finish, and trims where relevant.
• Fiber-label uncertainty is recorded.
• Rejected and downgraded items remain measurable.
• Sampling plans state how items were selected and what they cannot establish.

Sorting and grading checks

• Sort categories match downstream specifications
• Reuse grades consider function, safety, demand, size, season
• Material grades record composition, construction, color, finish
• Fiber-label uncertainty recorded
• Rejected and downgraded items remain measurable
• Sampling plans state selection and limits

• A buyer, user, or market exists for the product grade.
• Cleaning and repair responsibilities are set.
• Unsold inventory and return periods are tracked.
• Exported items have destination and receiving-route records.
• Transfer to an intermediary is not automatically counted as final reuse.
• Product safety and branding requirements are satisfied.

Reuse route checks

• Buyer, user, or market exists for grade
• Cleaning and repair responsibilities set
• Unsold inventory and return periods tracked
• Exported items have destination and receiving records
• Intermediary transfer not counted as final reuse
• Product safety and branding requirements satisfied

• The processor supplied a current written feedstock specification.
• Capacity is available for the volume and timing.
• Pretreatment, hardware removal, and packaging are defined.
• Process input, yield, recovered output, and residues are measured.
• Textile-to-textile and non-textile outputs are reported separately.
• Downstream output has a documented use or buyer.
• Pilot, demonstration, and commercial-scale routes are distinguished.

Recycling route checks

• Processor supplied current written feedstock specification
• Capacity available for volume and timing
• Pretreatment, hardware removal, packaging defined
• Input, yield, recovered output, residues measured
• Textile-to-textile and non-textile outputs reported separately
• Downstream output has documented use or buyer
• Pilot, demonstration, commercial routes distinguished

• Waste status and transport duties were reviewed for each jurisdiction.
• Export classification and receiving-country requirements were checked.
• Producer-responsibility and separate-collection obligations were assessed.
• Required records, licenses, and facility permissions are current.
• Reuse goods and waste are not mislabeled to bypass controls.

• Scales and counting methods are appropriate and documented.
• Gross weight, packaging, moisture, and tare rules are consistent.
• Opening stock plus receipts equals outputs plus closing stock and losses within a stated tolerance.
• Shared loads use a documented allocation method.
• Corrections preserve the original entry, reason, approver, and date.
• Unknown outcomes remain in an unknown category.

• "Collected," "diverted," "reused," and "recycled" have written definitions.
• The claim identifies period, geography, products, unit, and boundary.
• A percentage names its numerator and denominator.
• The output route is named when material changes function.
• Estimates, allocations, and verified measurements are distinguishable.
• Collection incentives do not encourage premature disposal.
• Images do not imply a route or scale that records cannot support.

• Product-life and repair measures sit beside after-use volumes.
• Rejection causes are analyzed and assigned.
• Worker and receiving-community concerns have response paths.
• Cost, emissions, transport, and quality assumptions are reviewed.
• Downstream partners are rechecked at risk-based intervals.
• The program can suspend a claim or route when evidence fails.