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Recycling Solutions: Scaling Circularity With Confidence

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Expand Recycling Operations with Certainty

Intertek CEA provides independent verification for solar recyclers and asset owners—validating R2v3 alignment, material traceability, and circular outcomes across recycling operations and decommissioning activities.

For Recyclers

Recycler: You operate to R2v3 standards. But how do you demonstrate that performance consistently and credibly as you grow?

Intertek CEA independently verifies facility-level performance, material traceability, and mass balance documentation—giving your customers, investors, and regulators confidence in your operations.

- Site-Specific Risk Management
  - Navigate regulatory nuances across jurisdictions (e.g., CA DTSC, NYSDEC)
  - Evaluate operational alignment with R2v3 standards at each facility
  - Verify downstream material disposition and sales traceability
  Independent, Trusted Evaluation
  - Unbiased readiness scoring and internal audits
  - Reduced risk of costly nonconformances
  - Benchmarking against industry-leading practices
  System Deployment, Simplified
  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Manufacturing Execution System (MES) alignment: Ensures process-level control of material weights, categories, and outcomes, supporting accurate mass balance, traceability, and audit-ready operations.
  - Outcome:
  Clear, defensible proof that your processes align with R2v3 standards, reducing compliance risk, supporting expansion, and strengthening your position with customers, regulators, and capital providers.
  Recycler Benefits
  - Participate in an annual audit program and achieve one of four-tiered ratings: Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum, plus the new Intertek CEA Verification Stamp
  - Use your tiered rating to support internal sales, marketing, and customer engagement
  - Recyclers achieving the Intertek CEA Verification Stamp may be publicly listed on the Intertek website as a trusted and verified recycler

For Developers & Asset Owners

Developer: You want to prove your circularity solution—not just claim it.

Intertek CEA independently evaluates your recycling partners and verifies field-to-destination traceability, including chain-of-custody, material disposition, and recovery outcomes.

- Stakeholder Assurance
  - Provide verified proof of circularity to clients, investors, and financiers
  - White-labeled audit summaries for executive and ESG reporting
  - Provide evidence of alignment with circular economy commitments under increasing investor scrutiny
  System Decommissioning, Simplified
  - Site decommissioning verification (field-level)
  - Weather damage and loss assessment (hail, wind, flood, fire)
  - Chain-of-custody initiation and documentation
  - Field-to-destination traceability reconciliation
  Outcome:
  Defensible proof of circularity that reduces regulatory and reputational risk, satisfies financier and ESG requirements, and gives stakeholders confidence in your decommissioning strategy.
  Developer Benefits
  - Protect access to future project funding by providing independent, auditable proof of circularity and end-of-life compliance that meets financier and ESG expectations.
  - Reduce reputational and regulatory risk with verified recycling partners, documented chain-of-custody, and confidence that materials are not diverted to landfills or unverified downstream paths.
  Partnership Pathways
  - Embed Intertek CEA audits into decommissioning plans and contractual requirements
  - Coordinate logistics with verified recyclers targeting 90%+ recovery yields
  - Access Intertek CEA’s referral network of validated downstream recycling partners