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SRPS EN 14045:2012

Packaging - Evaluation of the disintegration of packaging materials in practical oriented tests under defined composting conditions

Nov 29, 2012

General information

90.93     Jan 29, 2025

90.00    Jan 29, 2030

ISS

Z183

European Norm

13.030.99     55.040  

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Scope

This European Standard is used to evaluate the disintegration of packaging materials in a pilot-scale aerobic composting test under defined conditions. Other methods should be used to measure the biodegradability of the packaging materials. Packaging materials are mixed with biowaste and spontaneously composted for 12 weeks in practical oriented composting conditions. At the end of the composting cycle the disintegration is measured by sieving of the compost and the calculation of a mass balance. The influence of the tested sample on the quality of the compost can be be studied by using the compost obtained at the end of the composting process for further measurements such as chemical analyses and ecotoxicity tests.
Additionally this method can be used for visual perception and photographic documentation of the disintegration of packaging materials and for evaluating the effect of their addition on the composting process.

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.

94/62/EC

Packaging and packaging waste

Life cycle

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SRPS EN 14045:2012
90.93 Standard confirmed
Jan 29, 2025

Related project

Adopted from EN 14045:2003