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Certified compostability
COMPOSTABLE AND CERTIFIED IS BETTER
Offering eco-friendly packaging to consumers means meeting the requirements laid down in the European Packaging Directive 94/62/CE, namely that materials shall not turn into waste once their function is exhausted.
As shown in Directive 2008/98/CE , when you cannot prevent a material from reaching the end of life or running out of function, or when it cannot be reused as it is, the only remaining choices then are for such material to be recycled or recovered.
When properly processed, the compostable packaging turns into a valuable material to be repurposed in agriculture as fertilizer, the so called compost, which perfectly fits again in the natural circle of life. Compostable products do not become a waste at the end of their life, thus representing a sustainable choice, increasingly appreciated by business and consumers.
Certifications of Compostability
Ok Compost INDUSTRIAL
Ok Compost INDUSTRIAL is the certification owned by TÜV Austria, recognized throughout Europe, which guarantees as biodegradable and compostable in an industrial composting plant the packaging or the materials that can boast of it, including components, inks and additives, in compliance of the requirements of the UNI EN 13432 standard.
Ecol Studio laboratories are accredited by TÜV Austria to perform the tests necessary to obtain the certification.
Ok Compost HOME
Ok Compost HOME is the certification owned by TÜV Austria, recognized throughout Europe, which guarantees as biodegradable and compostable in an domestic composter, together with traditional organic kitchen and gardening waste, the packaging or the materials that can boast of it, including components, inks and additives, in compliance with the requirements of the EN 13432 standard and the EN 14995 standard.
Ecol Studio laboratories are accredited by TÜV Austria to perform the tests necessary to obtain the certification.
Seedling
Seedling is the certification owned by European Bioplastics and managed by TÜV Austria, which certifies the compostability of a bioplastic material or article in an industrial composting plant and the absence of negative effects on the environment of the compost, in compliance with the requirements of the UNI EN 13432 standard.
Ecol Studio laboratories are accredited by TÜV Austria to perform the tests necessary to obtain the certification.
Compostability test
The germination rate and the plant biomass of the sample composts of both plant species should be higher than 90 % compared with those from the corresponding blank compost.
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