Work Item
ASTM WK81525
New Specification for Home Compostable/Backyard Conditions for Plastic Packaging Materials and Products
1. Scope
The development of test methods, specifications, recommended practices, nomenclature, definitions, and the stimulation of research relating to plastics, their raw materials, components, and compounding ingredients, and to finished products made from plastics such as sheets, rods, tubes, pipes, cellular materials, and molded or fabricated articles.Keywords
home compostability, backyard compostability; Biodegradation, Disintegration, EcotoxicityRationale
Home/backyard compostability continues to be a topic of interest. Industrial/Commercial sites are limited in the US and some may not have easy access to these locations and/or they do not accept compostable plastics/articles. Having a standard which can help advise individuals
Work Item Status
Date Initiated: 04-13-2022
Technical Contact: Margaret Eldridge
Item: 000
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