OBP Brand Standard

ETKO China has been approved by Zero Plastic Oceans (ZPO) to offer certification services of OBP Certification Program.

The Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) Certification Program was developed by Zero Plastic Oceans, a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to addressing plastic pollution issues. The aim of Zero Plastic Oceans is to protect oceans from the continuous leakage of Plastic waste from land-based activity by developing incentives and models that promote the collection of Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP). The OBP Certification Program was designed to encourage the removal of OBP from the environment by adding value in effectively collecting and treating it before it reaches oceans. The scheme is composed of two subprograms: the OBP Recycling Subprogram and the OBP Neutrality Subprogram. When OBP is commercially recyclable, its collection and Recycling can be encouraged by certifying its origin and traceability, giving it a higher market value and the OBP Recycling Subprogram is applied.

The OBP Brand Standard, under OBP Recycling Subprogram, is to be used by Brands (refer to the definition of Brands in the OBP-DEF-GUI document) to make Promotional Claims using the OBP Logos, and/or Product Specific Claims in the specific case where Claims are made using QR codes on OBP certified products. This Standard only covers the purchase of products already OBP labelled (by certified OBP suppliers), for distribution in the Brand retail points, or through third-party distributors (wholesalers such as supermarkets, shopping centers…) to final consumers. Purchase of OBP products for resell in business to business (B2B) transactions constitutes a trading activity that is not covered by this Standard but by the OBP Recycling Organization Standard.

Visit https://www.obpcert.org/ for more details about OBP Certification Program.

FIRST CONTACT AND OFFER

1. Applicant obtains the Regulation documents and ETKO documents from ETKO 2. website or request these documents from ETKO at first contact;

3. Applicant submits the filled Application Form to ETKO;

4. ETKO evaluates the application form and clarify questions with applicants;

5. ETKO prepares and submit the price offer;

6. Applicant approves the offer and pay the fee;

Certification contract is signed between ETKO and applicant.

APPLICATION

1. Applicant should submit the document requested by ETKO as soon as possible;

2. Applicant transmits Production Information;

3. Applicant transmits Business Information (Operating lines, Layout Plan etc. other documents);

4. Complete the Application File.

CONTROL

1. Check date and inspector determining;

2. Control of sites (Warehouses, Documentation, Stock Status etc.);

3. Control of Entry and Exit and Sales;

4. Preparation of the report of the control.

CERTIFICATION

The Personnel Involved in the Approval of Control and Control Reports cannot take place in Certification. Certification Committee is Completely Independent.

1. Departing the Control Report;

2. Certification Committee Approval;

3. Submission of the Report and Certificate;

4. Beginning of Sales Transactions.