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Assess repairability, recycled content and critical materials

Score the durability criteria, weight recycled content correctly, and see the ESPR gaps that remain.

DPP Shield editorial team · Updated:

Score the durability criteria, weight recycled content correctly, and see the ESPR gaps that remain.

The repairability index

Seven weighted criteria - documentation, disassembly, spare parts, battery, software, reverse logistics and packaging - are scored from the values you declare or derived from declared facts such as spare-parts years, software-support years, battery replaceability and disassembly time.

A criterion with neither a score nor a derivable fact is not scored as zero. It is listed as missing, and the resulting figure states its coverage so a partial score never reads like a complete index.

The class bands and the mapping from a fact to a score are a documented platform mapping, not the delegated act's formula. The legal label remains external.

Recycled content is mass-weighted

Recycled content is computed as a weighted share across the declared bill of materials, with the weight basis stated. The plain average is shown beside it, because the two can point in opposite directions depending on which material is heavy.

A claim with a share but no weight is excluded and listed as not weightable - folding it in would weight it as zero, which is worse than admitting the gap. Battery recycling targets and the strategic benchmark are compared per material.

Critical raw materials

The bill of materials is matched against a reviewed subset of the EU list of critical and strategic raw materials, with typical use and supply-risk context. A critical material declared without a recycled share is flagged, because recycled content of those materials is reportable rather than optional.

Claims need evidence

A material claim can link the chain-of-custody document that backs it, and the link is resolved against your document vault. A claim with no evidence, or with a link that does not resolve, is listed as unsubstantiated, and a broken link becomes an error-level gap.

This is the difference between a dossier and a wish: the platform tells you which statements you cannot currently support.

Chain of custody: mass balance and the other models

Under Supply chain, Chain of custody, keep a ledger per material and site under one of the ISO 22095 models: identity preserved, segregated, controlled blending, mass balance or book and claim. Inputs record a delivery and its certified share (with its transaction certificate); allocations give certified quantity to a passport or batch; adjustments correct the balance with a reason. Under mass balance, credits can expire after a set number of days, and a conversion factor accounts for yield.

An allocation the ledger cannot cover at its date is refused - including a backdated one that would leave a later allocation uncovered - and two allocations made at the same moment can never both use the same credits. The ledger is append-only: a mistake is corrected by a reversal, never an edit. A passport's custody claims appear on its public page with the model's wording, for example that a mass balance share is allocated by bookkeeping and is not physically traceable in the product; quantities, references and suppliers are not published.

Declarations and the consumer badge

Issuing a durability declaration stores an immutable snapshot with the score, class, coverage, the mass-weighted share and its weight basis, and the label basis the figures were produced for. Re-issue to supersede, revoke to retire, export to CSV.

The public passport shows the class and the recycled share as a durability badge, from the redacted payload.

Screen-by-screen reference

These pages were checked in the organization console on 8 October 2026 using an isolated sample organization. Controls can differ by role, plan, record state and configured providers. Each page below explains its purpose, a practical workflow, the visible controls and what to verify afterward.

Passport custody claims (/dpps/[id]/custody)

This view connects material claims on a passport to certified quantities allocated from custody ledgers.

Read the public-facing material claim beside the private ledger allocation that supports it. Check material, scheme, custody model, dates, and quantity at the linked account before reusing the wording. If the passport's structured claim changes, revisit the allocation rather than assuming an earlier linkage still supports the new value.

The public passport gives a limited statement; quantities and supplier references remain private.

Controls and options

  • Read each material's claimed share, custody model, scheme and public wording.
  • Open the linked ledger to inspect allocations, dates, batches and private transaction references.
  • Use Back to passport to compare the claim with the current structured declaration.

Chain of custody (/custody)

Custody accounts keep certified material credits under a declared ISO 22095 model, with balances and allocation problems visible.

Create a ledger at the material and site level with the custody model that actually describes the supplier's process. Read available and expired certified quantities before allocating credits to a passport. If a claim cannot be supported by the ledger's current balance and evidence, correct the source records before using public claim wording.

The ledger is append-only; corrections use reversal entries.

Controls and options

  • Create an account for one material and site; select identity preserved, segregated, controlled blending, mass balance or book and claim.
  • Set claim type, scheme, unit, optional certificate and credit lifetime where applicable.
  • Open an account to inspect received, available, allocated and expired quantities.
  • Review problems before making a public recycled, bio-based or certified-source statement.

Custody ledger (/custody/[id])

The ledger separates material inputs, allocations to passports and adjustments, showing balances after each transaction.

Record the physical or certified input first, then allocate eligible quantity to the relevant passport. The ledger shows the balance after each entry so over-allocation and expiry are visible. Correct mistakes with a reversal or explained adjustment; changing a past row silently would break the chain of custody.

Backdated entries are refused if they would make a later allocation unsupported.

Controls and options

  • Choose Input to record a delivery with date, quantity, certified share, supplier, batch and evidence.
  • Choose Allocation to assign available certified quantity to a passport, with applicable lot or conversion factor.
  • Use Adjustment only for an explained balance correction; Reverse creates a compensating entry for a mistake.
  • Compare public wording with the ledger's custody model before using the claim in a passport.

Repairability and materials (/materials)

The materials view combines a portfolio of durability assessments, frequent gaps and a selected passport's recycled-content basis.

Assess one passport to see how repairability, critical materials, and recycled-content evidence relate to its current data. Inspect each missing input and percentage basis before using a score or target comparison. A declaration or export should reflect reviewed values and supporting documents, not an inferred bill of materials.

A missing bill of materials is reported as missing input, never filled by assumption.

Controls and options

  • Choose a passport and Assess to calculate its repairability, critical-material and recycled-content findings.
  • Open Critical raw materials and recycled-content targets to see itemized inputs and target comparisons.
  • Review whether percentages have a mass or other declared weight basis and supporting evidence.
  • Issue or export a materials declaration only from a reviewed record.