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 DEGRADABLE PLASTICS Whom to Contact: Melissa Hockstad What's New | Background | Applications | Research | Standards* | Additional Information* | * Members only What's New Read SPI's October 16, 2006 comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Proposed Designation of Biobased Items for Federal Procurement. Standards The following is a partial list of organizations that have issued guidelines, publications or standards relating to degradable plastics: BioDegradability Products Institute CEN - European Committee for Standardization International Organization for Standardization These standards focus on a variety of areas including standard specifications for compostable plastics; test methods for determining biodegradability; requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation; determination of the degree of disintegration of plastic materials under defined composting conditions in a pilot-scale test certifying; and, identifying plastic products that will biodegrade and compost satisfactorily in actively managed compost facilities. Additional Information Biodegradable Plastics Society (Japan) BioEnvironmental Polymer Society Canadian Plastics Industry Association Center for Biodegradable Polymer Research at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell Michigan State University – Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science U.S Army Natick Soldier Center U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
More About the Industry: History of Plastics . Other Sources of Plastics Information . Benefits of Plastics . Definitions of Plastic Resins . NAICS/SIC Codes . Processing Methods . Plastics and Health |
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