Reverse production as the mirror image of the consumer retail market

The instrument for implementing waste management goals at the local and municipal level

Resources centres (RCs) represent the first link in the chain.

Products are made, consumed and at some point reach the end of their useful life. Maximizing the re-introduction of these end-of-use (EOU) products into the circular economy is one of society's primary environmental goals.

The RAL Institute for Quality Assurance and Certification [RAL  Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e. V.] – , which is headquartered in Bonn, Germany, has overseen the development of a new 

quality mark ‘GZ 950 – Resources management’ 

that is designed to help achieve this important environmental objective.

The new term ‘reverse consumption’ is understood to mean the body of measures used to manage end-of-use products: receiving them from the final owners, storing them, and then packing and preparing them for onward transport prior to their reintroduction into the circular economy supply chains.

Reverse Consumption is the take-back of end-of-use consumer goods organized in a way that mirrors the service criteria that apply in the consumer retail sector. Reverse Consumption is the service-driven, user-friendly implementation of the circular economy model.

The Reverse Consumption Centre = Resources center is the first link in the chain that delivers a service-driven, user-friendly implementation of the circular economy model.

We can send you the requirements of RAL-GZ 950 on request.