Biodegradability and Compostability Analysis

The expression environmentally friendly has become a term we hear in every field today. Especially the fact that plastic products do not disappear in nature for centuries and environmental pollution increases day by day shows the importance of recycling. Recycling processes have also come to the fore, especially in the packaging industry. Environmentally friendly packaging production projects are growing.

Many companies have started to produce environmentally friendly products from packaging materials to many plastic products such as disposable cutlery and knives. The purpose of recycling is to prevent environmental pollution by reusing packaging waste.

For these reasons, the production of biodegradable and compostable products is becoming widespread in the world. Of course, these products have to go through some analyzes before they are approved.

"Biodegradability and Compostability Analysis" in packages are carried out within the scope of many internationally accepted standards.

EN 13432: Packaging - Requirements for packaging that can be recovered by composting and biodegradation. Test scheme and evaluation criteria for final acceptance of packaging

ISO 17088: Plastics — Organic recycling — Specifications for compostable plastics

ASTM D6400: Compostable Product Testing – Composting

ISO 18606: Packaging and the environment — Organic recycling

EN 14995: Plastics - Evaluation of Compostability. Test Chart and Specifications

ISO 14855: Determination of ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials under controlled composting conditions

ASTM D5338: Standard Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials under Controlled Composting Conditions Including Thermophilic Temperatures

ISO 17556: Plastics - Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials in soil by measuring the oxygen demand or amount of carbon dioxide formed in a breathalyzer

ISO 16929: Plastics - Determining the Degradation Degree of Plastic Materials Under Defined Composting Conditions in a Pilot Scale Test

ISO 20200: Plastics - Determination of the degree of degradation of plastic materials under simulated composting conditions in a laboratory-scale test

ISO 14855: Determination of ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials under controlled composting conditions

EN 16929: Plastic - Determination of the degree of degradation of plastic materials under defined composting conditions in a pilot scale test