标准编号:ISO 17088:2008
中文名称:可堆肥塑料规范
英文名称:Specifications for compostable plastics
发布日期:2008-03
标准范围
This International Standard specifies procedures and requirements for the identification and labelling ofplastics, and products made from plastics, that are suitable for recovery through aerobic composting. The fourfollowing aspects are addressed:a) biodegradation;b) disintegration during composting;c) negative effects on the composting process and facility;d) negative effects on the quality of the resulting compost, including the presence of high levels of regulated metals and other harmful components.This specification is intended to establish the requirements for the labelling of plastic products and materials,including packaging made from plastics, as "compostable" or "compostable in municipal and industrialcomposting facilities" or "biodegradable during composting" (for the purposes of this International Standard,these three expressions are considered to be equivalent). The labelling will, in addition, have to conform to allinternational, regional, national or local regulations (e.g. European Directive 94/62/EC).NOTEThe recovery of compostable plastics through composting can be carried out under the conditions found inwell-managed composting plants, where the temperature, water content, aerobic conditions, carbon/nitrogen ratio andprocessing conditions are optimized. Such conditions are generally obtained in industrial and municipal composting plants.Under these conditions, compostable plastics will disintegrate and biodegrade at rates comparable to yard trimmings, kraftpaper bags and food scraps.