All compostable products must be documented and labeled in accordance with international standards to ensure products do not pose a problem for the compost or the environment. This requires the product to be tested, for example, to meet the ASTM D6400 or ASTM D6868 standards developed by the American Testing and Materials Association, or to a European Standard EN 13432, and to determine that the individual components are biodegradable.

In addition, the finished product must be physically broken down during composting and tested for plant toxicity and heavy metals.

If all these requirements have been fulfilled and the test and evaluation studies to be performed have been reported positively, the manufacturers may request product certification and labeling by applying to our organization.

Our organization performs some of these tests in the field. In this way, tests are made more consistent and realistic data is collected on how changing conditions affect fragmentation. Compostable products are in high demand these days.

The composting process requires oxygen, and often landfills are areas that are sealed, airtight and therefore oxygen-free. However, when these products are disposed of in landfills instead of in the compost pile, compostable products cannot compost, instead they remain anaerobically or break down. Still, what exactly happens to the compostable materials left in landfills is open to debate. For example, a study of PLA (polylactic acid), a plastic-like compostable material made from corn, found that it decomposes anaerobically, releasing methane, a greenhouse gas about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Another study found that PLA never degrades in a landfill and therefore does not produce significant greenhouse gas emissions.

However, the truth is that these products are collected separately and deteriorate after 12 weeks at the most. By the way, it is possible to compost the compostable tableware together with the leftovers. It is not necessary to separate compostable dinnerware from food scraps in a commercial facility.

Our organization always follows domestic and foreign standards, applicable legal regulations and generally accepted practices in certification and labeling studies, and also has a trained and experienced staff and advanced technological facilities. In this context, requesting businesses,It also provides compost certification and C-Label (Compost Labeling) compost labeling services.