Certifications and Compliance

Company Statement

"Our Company produces and distributes an additive that can make any products manufactured with polyethylene film, particularly packaging, biodegradable and compostable if used according to our technical specifications and guidelines."

CERTIFICATION – THE FACTS FOR CONVERTORS (Click to view)

All films using Enzymoplast can be legally certified to EN 13432:2000, ISO 14855-1:2005, ISO 14855-2:2007 in compost and ISO 17556:2003 / ASTM-D 5988-96 for soil biodegradation using AESL’s manufacturing guidelines.
CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, is the standards setting authority for countries in the European Union. CEN have the sole authority on the creation and amendment of EN 13432: 2000 and in fact all EN standards.
Most of the well-known and accredited organisations who operate valid labelling schemes, are members of the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN), who you can find on the website www.globalecolabelling.net . GEN operates on a voluntary basis and its principles are generally accepted. Neither Vincotte nor DINCERTCO are listed on this website. The schemes operated by these organisations, namely "OK Compost" and the "Seedling Logo" are used to certify bio-based products only. Further, the schemes and tests published by the said bodies are different from what is described in ISO and/or EN technical standards and have been tailored and adapted solely for bio-based products called bioplastics.
"OK Compost" and "Seedling Logo" are labels and certainly not technical norms, for bio-based materials and are not mandatory to label products that are EN13432 compliant. Enzymoplast is not bio-based and therefore does not require any of these labels or logos to conform to EN13432 or any other European Norm.
Bio-based materials are not recyclable together with plastic waste, unlike polyolefin based materials containing the Enzymoplast additive. Enzymoplast is certified recyclable in accordance with ASTM D 7209 :06. Bio-based materials cannot be recycled without contaminating the plastic waste stream.
Our certification is issued by the Shriram Institute for Industrial Research (www.shriraminstitute.org), an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory certified by NABL which is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) www.ilac.org . This accreditation is internationally recognised. ILAC and the MRA agreement fixes the principle "tested once accepted everywhere" www.ilac.org/members_contact_details.html
No further accreditation is required to conform to EN13432 or other unofficially adjusted standards as maybe claimed by our competitors to mislead the customers and other interested parties in the market.

Product / Material	Test Method / Standard	Test Description	Yes / No
Enzymoplast^® Enzo 0001 added films	EN 13432: 2000	Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation	Yes
	ASTM D 6400 :04	Standard specification for compostable plastics	Yes
	ISO 14855-1 : 2005	Determination of the ultimate aerobicbiodegradability of plastic materials undercontrolled composting conditions methodby analysis of evolved carbon dioxide	Yes
	ISO 14855-2 : 2007	Determination of the ultimate aerobicbiodegradability of plastic materials undercontrolled composting conditions methodby analysis of evolved carbon dioxide	Yes
	ISO 17556 :2003	Plastics - determination of the ultimateaerobic biodegradability in soil bymeasuring the oxygen demand in arespirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved	In progress
	ASTM-D 5988 :96	Standard test method for determining aerobic biodegradation of plastic materials in soil	Yes
	ASTM-D 7209 :06	Standard guide for waste reduction, resource recovery, and use of recycled polymeric materials and products	Yes
	US FDA 177.1520	United States food Contact Safety Standard	Yes
Enzymoplast^®Enzo 0900 added films	ISO 14855-1 : 2005	Determination of the ultimate aerobicbiodegradability of plastic materials undercontrolled composting conditions methodby analysis of evolved carbon dioxide	Yes
	ISO 14855-2 : 2007	Determination of the ultimate aerobicbiodegradability of plastic materials undercontrolled composting conditions methodby analysis of evolved carbon dioxide	Yes
	ASTM-D 7209 :06	Standard guide for waste reduction, resource recovery, and use of recycled polymeric materials and products	Yes
	US FDA 177.1520	United States food Contact Safety Standard	Yes

COMPOST ENVIRONMENT: EN13432:2000 /ISO 14855-1:2005/ISO 14855-2:2007

SOIL BIODEGRADATION: ISO 17556:2003/ ASTM-D 5988-96

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