What is OK Compost certification?
What is OK Compost certification?
COMPOSTABILITY
Composting can
reduce the volume of organic waste quite significantly, while the compost
produced can be used for agricultural and horticultural purposes. About 50% of
all domestic waste comprises organic material, a percentage that is set to grow
in the future owing to the growing popularity of biodegradable products
(packaging material, disposable cutlery and plates, …).
OK compost INDUSTRIAL (EN 13432)
Packaging or
products featuring the OK compost INDUSTRIAL label are guaranteed as
biodegradable in an industrial composting plant. This applies to all
components, inks and additives. The sole reference point for the certification
programme is the harmonised EN 13432: 2000 standard: in any event any product
featuring the OK compost INDUSTRIAL logo complies with the requirements of the
EU Packaging Directive ( 94/62/EEC).
Seedling
TÜV AUSTRIA
(formerly Vinçotte) is a certification body authorised by European Bioplastics
and may therefore award the Seedling logo to products that are in compliance
with EN 13432. By awarding both the OK compost INDUSTRIAL and the Seedling
logo, TÜV AUSTRIA’s certificate holders have a way to give their compostable
products recognition throughout the entire European market.
OK compost HOME
Owing to the
comparatively smaller volume of waste involved, the temperature in a garden
compost heap is clearly lower and less constant than in an industrial
composting environment. This is why composting in the garden is a more
difficult, slower-paced process.
TÜV AUSTRIA’s
innovative answer to this challenge was to develop OK compost HOME to guarantee
complete biodegradability in the light of specific requirements, even in your
garden compost heap.
OK compost HOME
is not based on a standard but is the basis for several standards!
It seems
important to remember that the OK compost HOME certification programme does not
explicitly refer to a specific standard but details all the technical
requirements that a product must meet in order to obtain the certification. It
should also be remembered that, as a pioneer in this field, the requirements of
the OK compost HOME programme, defined in 2003 and never questioned since then,
have served as the basis for the drafting of several standards such as:
• Australia: AS 5810 (2010) – Biodegradable
plastics - Biodegradable plastics suitable for home composting
• France: NF T 51800 (2015) – Plastics -
Specifications for plastics suitable for home composting
• Europe: prEN 17427 (2020) - Packaging —
Requirements and test scheme for carrier bags suitable for treatment in
well-managed home composting installations
Source
from: TUV
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