A4.1 Material Recycling
A4.1 材料回收
A4.1a Entities involved in Material Recycling (as defined in A1) are subject to RCS certification. TheRCS requires compliance with the requirements of the Content Claim Standard, whereby the‘Claimed Material’ is replaced with ‘Recycled Material’ as defined in section A1.
A4.1a 涉及材料回收的实体（按 A1 定义）须遵守 RCS 认证。RCS 要求遵守含量声明标准的要求，“声明的材料”被替换为 A1 部分定义的“回收材料”。
A4.1b In addition, entities involved in Material Recycling shall:
A4.1b 此外，参与材料回收的实体应：
i. Verify that all sources of Reclaimed Material have legal authorization to operate for therelevant function, and hold copies of the relevant documents.
i. 验证回收材料的所有来源是否具有相关功能的合法授权，并保存相关文件的副本。
ii. Hold valid Reclaimed Material Supplier Agreements (see Appendix B) for all suppliers ofReclaimed Material (entities involved in Material Collection and/or MaterialConcentration).
ii. 所有回收材料供应商（涉及材料收集和/或材料集中的实体）持有有效的回收材料供应商协议（见附录 B）。
iii. Collect and retain completed Reclaimed Material Declaration Forms (see Appendix C)
from their suppliers for all Reclaimed Material inputs. The Reclaimed Material
Declaration Forms shall be collected at least annually or if the Reclaimed Material sourcechanges.
iii. 收集并保留所有回收材料投入的完整回收材料申报表（见附录 C）。回收材料申报表格应至少每年收集一次，或者当回收材料来源发生变化收集。
iv. Inspect all incoming shipments of Reclaimed Material to confirm that they are not virginmaterial; confirm the correct identification as Pre- or Post-Consumer. Retain records ofinspections.
iv. 检查回收材料的所有进货，以确认它们不是原始材料；确认是否正确识别了消费前或
消费后。保留检查记录。
v. Request Transaction Certificates for all outgoing RCS certified products.
v. 为所有出货的 RCS 认证产品申请交易证书。
A4.1c Material Recyclers who collect Reclaimed Material from their own processing shall retain the
following records to verify their volume of recycling:
A4.1c 从自己的处理过程中收集回收材料的材料回收商，应保留以下记录以验证其回收量：
vi. Records of all materials entering the recycling process.
vi. 进入回收过程的所有材料的记录。
vii. Description of Reclaimed Material and the stage where the waste was collected.
vii. 回收材料的描述和废物被收集的阶段。
viii. Any other relevant transfer notes.
viii. 任何其他相关转让票据。
ix. Reclaimed Material Declaration Forms may be used in lieu of the records listed above (see
Appendix C).
ix. 回收材料申报表可代替上述记录（见附录 C）。