While high environmental, safety and quality management controls are applied throughout the plastics industry, unintentional pellet loss can occur at different value chain stages and end up in waters and on land, harming the environment, animals and more.
The OCS program helps companies tackle pellet leakage by providing key recommendations based on six pillars:
- Improving workplace configuration to prevent and respond to leaks
- Establishing internal procedures to achieve zero loss of plastic materials
- Providing training and accountability for employees
- Conducting regular audits
- Ensuring compliance with the law
- Raising awareness among value chain partners
By signing the European OCS pledge, your facility can incorporate plastic-loss prevention into its strategy. As an approved OCS Europe Certification Body, we provide third-party audits, which, when passed, award your facility the OCS Europe certificate and a listing on the OCS Europe public register of certified companies.