What is Composting?
C-Label Certification
What is a Compostable Product?
C-Label Certification
Domestic composting is the next step up from industrial composting. Home compostable products and materials are designed to break down and compost in the home compost environment, at ambient temperatures and with a natural microbial community. It is this aspect that distinguishes these products from their commercially compostable counterparts.
Commercial Composting can be used to identify products that meet compostable product standards and meet international criteria. These products, bags and packages are approved by the compost label. Our organization provides compost certification and C-Label compost labeling services to businesses that request it.
The compost certification program represents the highest level of examination of material suitability at every stage of production. Compostable product certification program covers institutions and organizations that want to verify their claims of conformity to biodegradable plastics and similar packaging products suitable for commercial composting.
To be certified, compostable packaging must form highly nutritious and non-toxic soils in the test environment. At the point reached today, an overflowing plastic pollution occurs on land and in water every day. It has therefore become clear that recycling efforts are not sufficient to address packaging waste.
Compostable packaging is designed to function as packaging and turn into soil after use. Good quality compostable packaging material must remain stable and retain its form until it comes into contact with the three triggers (microorganisms, heat and moisture) necessary to cause anything biological to turn into soil.
Composting is a natural process that turns organic matter into conditioners for the soil. As a source of organic matter, compost has the unique ability to improve the chemical, physical and biological properties of soils.
Examples of popular recyclable materials include:
Compost products are obtained from many raw materials such as leaves, fertilizers, food residues, wet and dirty paper and certified compostable products. Relevant legal regulations are enacted to ensure that only safe and environmentally friendly composts are marketed.
The C-Label compostable certification mark indicates third-party verification for consumers, end users, and composters that indicates whether a product or package is compostable.
C-Label Certification indicates an end-of-life opportunity for a compostable product. The compostable certification program guides manufacturers in designing products, understanding what ingredients they can use, and making an independent compostability claim that consumers and composters can trust.
C-Label Certification helps consumers identify and trust that a product is compostable and can be driven by food scraps where programs exist.
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