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Linings, webbing, shell fabrics and interlinings. The most mature and best-documented recycled input available.
Not for bio-based, biodegradable or compostable claims.
Most rPET on the market is bottle-derived, which is a different circularity argument from textile-to-textile recycling and is increasingly challenged because it draws feedstock out of an existing closed loop. Post-consumer versus post-industrial is the question that matters and the one least often answered. Microfibre shedding is not addressed by any of the certificates above.
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Its chemical rules cover only the chemicals used in processing, not those already carried in the reclaimed feedstock, and no physical performance is tested. Ask which version a certificate was audited against; 5.0 becomes mandatory for audits from 31 December 2026.
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Carries no social, environmental or chemical requirements at all — it verifies the recycled percentage and stops there. Suppliers commonly offer it when GRS was asked for, so check which of the two the certificate in front of you actually names.
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A chemical safety certificate, not an environmental one — a virgin fossil-based PVC sheet can hold a valid one. Because certification is modular, check whether the certificate covers the finished article you are buying or only a yarn, trim or component of it.
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APPROVED covers a component while PRODUCT covers a finished article with at least 90% approved textile input; the two are quoted interchangeably and are not the same claim. Neither says anything about recycled or bio-based content.
Aimed at traders selling to consumers, not at B2B material suppliers — but buyers will push the substantiation burden back up the chain. From 27 September 2026 self-made sustainability badges and offset-based neutrality claims are prohibited outright.
The 2026 destruction ban lists apparel, clothing accessories and footwear, but not handbags or luggage (CN 4202) — those can be added later by delegated act. The harder problem is Digital Product Passport data most supply chains cannot yet produce.
Guidance rather than a standalone rule, but enforced: chemically regenerated bamboo viscose may not be sold as 'bamboo' in the US — it is rayon or lyocell made from bamboo. Unqualified 'eco-friendly' and 'green' fail here too. The 2022 revision is still unfinished.