The Plastic Impact Protocol governs how GEIS registers projects, defines eligibility, validates project design, monitors project activity, verifies performance, issues Plastic Impact Credits, controls ownership and retirement records, and restricts the way units and sponsorships may be described in the market.

GEIS is operating an independent plastic crediting framework. This Protocol is designed to be structurally compatible with later migration into recognized third-party certification systems, but it does not itself create certification under any outside standard. GEIS, project proponents, buyers, intermediaries, and partners must not state or imply otherwise.

Launch activity under this Protocol is limited to two active issuance classes: Collection Class (PIC-C) and Mechanical Recycling Class (PIC-MR). Reserved annexes are included for future expansion, but reserved annexes are not active issuance pathways unless GEIS publishes a formal activation notice meeting the conditions stated in this document.

Excluded launch pathways include plastic-to-fuel, open burning avoidance without qualifying controlled downstream proof, export or shipment alone as a credit basis, and any activity already fully counted under another plastic-credit, waste-credit, or materially similar environmental instrument unless GEIS documents a no-double-counting arrangement and retains discretion to reject the activity.