The declaration is made according to the 7 categories below:

Category 1: Gross collected output tonnage from France per recipient
No sorting operations have been carried out on your collection. You have collected and shipped everything to your take-back operator(s) (including the high-quality items). This is what we call the "original".

Category 2: Skimmed output tonnage from France per recipient
You have removed the high-quality items (the "cream") from the collection (which you keep, for example, for your shop(s)). What is left has been shipped to your take-back operator(s). This is what we call the "skimmed" items.

Category 3: Reused tonnage from items collected in France (by skimming at SDBO level)
These are the high-quality items that you keep for your shop(s).

Category 4: Disposed tonnage from items collected in France (by skimming at SDBO level)
These are the disposed materials, which are sent to waste facilities, if applicable.

Category 5: Shop return tonnage

Category 6: Upcycling

Category 7: Rag cutting