> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.polygon-one.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Components

> Create packaging components: materials, heavy metals, PFAS and recycled content

## Overview

A **component** is a single packaging material and carries the data that matters for Art. 5. It is reusable: the same component can be part of several packaging units. You manage components under sidebar → **Components** (`/packaging/components`); create a new one via **New component** — in the catalogue, from a unit's bill of materials, or via [import](/en/ppwr/stammdaten/import).

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## "Master data" section

| Field            | Note                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Component ID** | Optional — generated from the name when left blank.                                     |
| **Name**         | Required.                                                                               |
| **Supplier**     | Optional. Also settable via the **Assign supplier** bulk action in the components list. |
| **Material**     | Required, multi-select: plastic, paper / board, glass, metal, wood, composite, other.   |
| **Polymer**      | Optional: PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP, PS, PVC, other.                                          |

## "Sustainability data" section

This section provides the evidence the technical documentation per Annex VII needs. It is split into **Required for 2026 (Art. 5)** and **Optional / supplementary**.

### Required for 2026 (Art. 5)

#### Heavy metals

* **Heavy metals (mg/kg)** — the sum of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium. Art. 5 limits it to **100 mg/kg** for all packaging. The field gives instant feedback:
  * **✓ Within limit (≤ 100 mg/kg)**
  * **⚠ Exceeds limit (> 100 mg/kg)**
* **Basis of claim** — how the value is evidenced: **test report** or **supplier declaration** (also valid from suppliers outside the EU). With "test report", the report must be uploaded as a file on the supplier collection flow.
* **Measurement standard/method (heavy metals)** — the applied standard/method (e.g. `CEN/CR 13695-1`), appears in Annex VII point (d).

#### Product contact and PFAS

Two switches control the PFAS block:

* **Contact-sensitive**
* **Food-contact** — unlocks the PFAS fields (food contact implies "contact-sensitive"). Disabling the switch discards the PFAS entries again.

With **Food-contact** enabled, the following appear:

| Field                                        | Note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **PFAS compliant (food contact)**            | Yes / No / Unknown.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Measured PFAS (sum, ppb)**                 | Limit ≤ 250 ppb; the field reports whether the value is within it.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Total fluorine (mg/kg)**                   | **\< 50 mg/kg** demonstrates compliance with all three PFAS limits; **≥ 50 mg/kg** does **not** demonstrate it on its own — further testing (organic fluorine / TOP analysis) is required. This is never a non-conformity and never blocks. |
| **Basis of claim**                           | Test report or supplier declaration.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Measurement method (PFAS/total fluorine)** | e.g. combustion ion chromatography; appears in Annex VII point (d).                                                                                                                                                                         |

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### Optional / supplementary

These fields are not required for 2026; they support the risk analysis and later obligations and never block completeness.

* **Mass (g)** — the basis for the material breakdown per Annex VII and for packaging minimisation (Art. 10, from 2030).
* **Recycled content (%)** — post-consumer recyclate for plastic parts. A value above 0% requires a **source** (post-consumer/PCR or post-industrial/PIR) and a **method** (physical or mass balance). For plastic, the field shows an informational hint **"Target ≥ 30% from 2030"** or **"⚠ Below the 2030 target"**.
* **Notes** and, optionally, a **technical drawing** (Annex VII point (b)).

<Warning>
  The recycled-content hint is purely **informational**. The minimum quotas under Art. 7 only bind from 2030; Polygon One captures the data and shows the target comparison but makes **no verdict**.
</Warning>

## Data completeness

A component's **Data completeness** badge is **Complete** exactly when the heavy-metal value is present and — for food contact — a PFAS attestation (a confirmation **or** a total-fluorine measurement). Partly filled → **In progress**, nothing filled → **Incomplete**. Recycled content and mass deliberately do not count.

<Info>
  When an Art. 5 substance is claimed (a value entered), both the basis of claim **and** the measurement standard/method become required. The form blocks saving until a substantiated basis is provided.
</Info>

## Reuse across units

On a component's detail page, the **Packaging units** tab shows all units the component is part of — each with the linked quantity. Because the data lives centrally on the component, a change takes effect for all linked units.

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  How components, units and articles relate.
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