- Intake Supplier evidence, intake assessment and quantity received.
- Sorting and grading Category, class and safety decisions recorded for the material.
- Batch identity Identifier links quantities when batches are split or combined.
- Dispatch Accompanying documents show the transfer to a named recipient.
- Outcome evidence Reuse or recycling needs evidence from the downstream operation.
A dispatch record proves movement, not the final outcome.
From intake to dispatch
Keep supplier evidence, batch identification, processing records and dispatch documents connected. If a batch is split or combined, the record should make the relationship understandable rather than replace it with an unexplained new label.
Movement is not an outcome
A dispatch record proves a documented transfer. It does not by itself prove that a garment was reused or that material was recycled. Outcome claims require evidence from the relevant downstream operation.
Scope matters
Chain-of-custody controls and accounting depend on the participant's activity. RTX-203-2 and RTX-208 distinguish industrial supply-chain controls from retail records.
Splitting and combining batches
Sorting usually turns one incoming batch into several fractions, and trading may combine fractions from different sources. Each transformation should leave a record that links input and output identifiers and quantities, so that the balance can be reconciled.
Retail is different from industry
A shop does not need industrial mass-balance accounting. It needs to keep the link between delivery, the supplier's batch declaration and goods offered to customers. RTX-208 addresses these retail records.