Ocean Bound Plastic Yarn

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).

Abandoned Plastic Waste that will eventually end up discharged in the ocean by the effect of winds, rainfall, river flow or tides. More specifically Ocean Bound Plastic is divided in three categories (OBP Categories):

Organization

Legal entity that is interested to become certified or is already certified to this Standard. The term Recycling Organization is also used in this Standard.

Output

Material produced by an Organization and sold or transferred to the next actor in the supply chain.

Plastic

Synthetic or semi synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and can be molded into solid or flexible objects.

Recycling

Process used to reuse material constituents of a discarded product to fabricate other products or eventually the same product. Recycling implies destruction of the initial product and transformation of its constituents through industrial processes into recycled raw materials. In this Standard the term Recycling is used to cover Recycling, Upcycling and Reuse.

Reuse

Using again a discarded product with the same or a very similar goal that it was originally designed and fabricated for. Reuse can include a refurbishment process before the product is put back in the market.

Scope Certificate

Organizations having successfully passed an Audit performed by a Certification Body are given a Scope Certificate (SC) which specifies the activity, location and products it covers. The Organization shall renew their certification on an annual basis. The validity of the SC shall not be more than 12 months. The renewal date shall commence upon successful reassessment of the Organization by the CB; therefore, the Organization shall plan the renewal of its certification before the end of its validity.

Source

Geographical location where the OBP has been collected. A Source can be a specific river, beach, region or country depending on how the collection organization has defined the sites it is collecting in and the category of OBP.

Standard

This document, Ocean Bound Plastic Recycling Organization Standard.

Subcontractor

Legally distinct entity to which the Organization is delegating works on the OBP material or product without transferring the ownership of the OBP material or product.