Recycled content stops being a marketing claim and becomes a regulated figure the moment a Digital Product Passport has to report it per unit or per format. The EU Battery Regulation introduces minimum recycled-content shares for cobalt, lead, lithium and nickel that must be documented in the battery passport, phasing in from the late 2020s. PPWR sets minimum recycled-content percentages for plastic packaging, rising over time, that the packaging passport must carry.
Because the figure feeds a legal obligation, its provenance matters: a recycled-content percentage needs a defensible source — supplier declarations, mass-balance records, or certification. TracePass treats recycled content as a structured DPP field, pulling the value from supporting documents with a confidence score and source attribution so the published percentage traces back to evidence, and a human approves it before it goes live.
Frequently asked
When do recycled-content rules for batteries apply?
The EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 phases in minimum recycled-content shares for cobalt, lithium, lead and nickel over the late 2020s and beyond, with the documentation flowing into the battery passport. Exact percentages and start dates per material are set in the Regulation and its implementing acts — check the current text rather than assuming a single date.
How is recycled content verified for a passport?
It needs a traceable basis — supplier declarations, mass-balance accounting or third-party certification — rather than an unsupported claim. In TracePass the percentage enters the DPP as a structured field with a confidence score and a link back to the source document, and a human reviewer approves it before publishing.