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Community Waste Program (CWP)

The Community Waste Program (CWP) is a comprehensive international certification standard that encompasses waste collection, determination of recycled content, and chain of custody. The standard aims to achieve/broaden the traceability scope beyond recyclers to include concentrators/micro collectors. It assists in pollution reduction, safeguarding of environment, waste management and promotion of the well-being of waste pickers thereby fostering sustainable livelihoods.

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    About the program

    What is Community Waste?

    Community waste includes but is not limited to municipal solid waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste, hazardous waste generated in defined geographical areas and also includes E-waste, municipal solid waste, biomedical waste, plastic waste, textile waste, battery waste, industrial waste, construction & demolition waste etc.

    Maximizing sustainability

    A strategic Theme-based Recycling approach

    Facilities can claim “Theme-based Recycling” approach where Interested facilities performing collection at specific events can claim utilization of recycled material from those events and can achieve certification under this program.

    1. Beer Bottle- 100% Glass collected from Beach CW
    2. Trekking bag- Made with 80% PET Mountain CW
    3. Incense sticks- Made with 80% from Temple CW

    Benefits of the program

    The standard aims to provide a comprehensive framework and set of guidelines for the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective waste management programs within communities by

    • Promoting credible and high standards of waste collection/recycling

    • Transparency in waste origin and recycled content traceability

    • Facilitating compliance with EU and local waste regulations, fostering a circular economy

    • Encouraging upcycling/downcycling to prevent landfill dumping

    • Improving socio-economic status of partners and prohibiting child/bonded labor

    • Ensuring sustainable material integration into final products

    • Supports existing EPR system for more transparency

    • Can be utilized to track the supply chain (funds, credits)

    Unlock the Potential of your waste

    Community Waste Program Leading the Charge Towards Sustainable Living! Everything you need to know about the Community Waste Program. CWP Standard Version 1.0.

    Download CWP Standard Scope V1.0
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    Control Union can provide the certification for

    This standard is applicable to all sectors involved in waste management throughout the whole supply chain of Community Waste (CW), including:

    • Waste Collectors

    • Recycling Facilities

    • Neutralization Facilities

    • Supply chain entities up to the final Business-to-Business (B2B) manufacturer.

    Our Community Waste Program certification process

    Getting certified in 5 steps

    Getting certified for the Community Waste Program will require the following steps:

    Select the right standard

    As Control Union we offer four different standards; Collection organisation Standard, Recycling organisation Standard, Neutralization Service provider standard and Plastic Producers & Users standard.

    Review the Standard and related document

    Once you review the standard and select applicable standard for you, contact us to initiate the contracting process. You will be provided with an application form, and we expect sufficient and accurate information shall be provided to us.

    Contracting and audit planning

    Once we received the application form, we send you an proposal for getting certified. Agreements and contract will be signed with you considering ethical business practices and CU’s code of conduct requirement. When the contacting process is completed, our local team will approach you for scheduling the audit and plan the audit activities. We keep minimum 14 days between the audit date and audit date confirmation. Based on your availability and our auditor’s availability the audit date will be confirmed.

    Audit execution

    The audit will be executed as per the date and schedule confirmed between both parties. The Auditor will perform the audit independently based on the requirements set in the standards, protocol and CUIR. The auditor will confirm and share the result of audit when the audit is completed with you and certifier.

    Certification

    Based on the report of the auditor, findings and outcome , the certification decision will be taken. You will be awarded with a certificate when the audit is successfully completed. Facility details will be updated on the Ocean Bound Plastic website and Control Union website under “certified facilities”.

    Contact

    How can we help you?

    Are you looking for a certain service or do you have any questions about the certification program? Let us know. We are glad to be of help.

    cwpglobal@controlunion.com
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