Kolekt Certificates
for waste operators

(collectors, sorters, recyclers, processors, transporters)

  1. Explore the certificates —> certificates.kolekt.com

  2. Register as an operator

  3. Edit and review your operator profile

  4. You need to provide: an audited financial statement (last year), company registration docs, environmental license and Tax ID.

  5. Add your proof of purchase & proof of sale, we generate the certificate.

  6. Kolekt reviews the certificate before publishing

  7. Sell your certificate with Kolekt

  8. Receive payment, we deduct our admin fee

The Steps

Join or login as a waste operator

  1. Earn additional revenues per tonne

    Your waste recovery service can earn more by selling Kolekt Certificates that prove that you have collected, sorted, processed and recycled waste. We help you verify, issue and sell your certificates via our Kolekt Exchange platform. These certificates are sold to consumer goods companies that need to meet Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) or voluntary targets. Certificate prices can vary from $50 to $1000 per tonne. Read more below.

  2. Better monitoring, better compliance
    In order to issue a Kolekt waste recovery certificate your organisation needs to be able to trace materials coming in and going out, you will also need proof of sale and purchase of your outputs and inputs and have had your operation audited. These steps show that your organisation is ready, for environmental licenses, financing, partnerships and more.

  3. Connect with brands
    The sale of your certificates on our platform will make your organisation visible for consumer goods companies that are interested in the waste management service that you offer.

The Benefits

What are
Kolekt Certificates?

A Kolekt Certificate (KC) is proof of waste recovery.

It can be proof of collection & sorting, of recycling, composting, waste to energy or landfilling. We aren’t just satisfied when waste materials have been recycled or processed, it needs to re-enter the circular economy. It needs to have been sold to a buyer/recipient.

We do not issue certificates for future waste recovery.

The Proofs.
The basis for this proof are
(i) proof of sale i.e. and invoices, receipt, or a 2-party traceability transaction, like that of Kolekt App.
(ii) proof of purchase i.e. receipt or 2-party traceability transaction
(iii) proof of active operation and license to operate
(iv) a regular and independent audit of the above proofs.
(v) All the above are less than 12 months old.

Types of Certificates

A KC is proof of sale or delivery of a specified number of tonnes of waste materials due to:

  1. Collection & sorting

  2. Recycling (conversion of materials)

  3. Processing (cleaning, flaking, baling, co-processing, export)

  4. Disposal (in managed landfills, co-processing or W2E)

  5. Reduction and reuse of waste


A Certificate can be sold once, is not tradable and no double counting.

Kolekt certificates are not tradable. The buyer uses it to prove that it has contributed to waste recovery and complies with EPR regulations or volunatery targets. A certificate is ‘retired’ immediately when purchased.

All Kolekt certificates and operators have been verified against double counting. Operators cannot receive EPR funds or payments from (plastic) Credit schemes for the same tonnes.

Join or login as a waste operator

A demo certificate

This certificate has been purchased by ‘Fashion Brand Buyer’ for the recovery of 3 tonnes of mixed textiles that were collected and recycled by Greenworms and ITC recycling (India).

Via the QR code, the viewer can inspect the underlying documents of proof.

KOLEKT has verified all underlying documents, the operator and the audit report.