; and (iv) other costs necessary to implement the Plan and achieve compliance with this part, including ensuring that implementation avoids or minimizes negative environmental or public health impacts on disadvantaged or low-income communities and rural areas. (B) If recycling or composting of a covered product or beverage container is made more difficult by the incorporation of 1 or more specific elements, including inks, labels, and adhesives, that may be detrimental to recycling or composting (as determined in accordance with the design guide of the Association of Plastic Recyclers or another relevant industry association or criteria established by the Administrator), the fee for that covered product or beverage container shall be sufficient to account for the increased cost to manage that covered product or beverage container. (C) The commodity value of the covered product or beverage container based on an independent index or the reported commodity value of materials of equivalent quality to the covered product or beverage container. (D) Costs incurred by the Organization to assist members to meet the source reduction requirements under section 12105. (d) Adjustments (1) Fee The amount of a fee under subsection (a) shall be adjusted using malus fees or credits for members, based on any of the following, as applicable: (A) The percentage of post-consumer recycled material in the covered products or beverage containers subject to the responsibility of the member, in a manner that ensures that the percentage of post-consumer recycled material shall be validated through an independent third party approved by the Administrator in order to ensure that the percentage exceeds the minimum requirements for the covered product or beverage container, subject to the condition that the recycled content shall not disrupt the potential for future recycling. (B) Standardization of packaging materials that simplifies the processing, marketing, sorting, and recycling or composting of covered products or beverage containers.