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Philippe Dewolfs | TÜV AUSTRIA | Copenhagen | 27 February 2020


What do you see as the most pressing problem for the environment?

Survey ING 2019 : EU – US – AUS ( #15146)

Source : ING International Survey • Consumer choices in the circular economy • Nov 2019 • 15146 people surveyed • 13 EU countries + US + AUS

Excepted in Romania, plastic waste and climate change are the most pressing problems (in Romania, air pollution is the most pressing one)

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BIOplastics ?

BIOdegradable ?

BIObased ?


bio-based or biodegradable / compostable ?

RenewableRaw Material

CO2 H20Biomass

End Product,Packaging

Cellulose,Starch,

PLA

Production

Conversion

Extraction

Photosynthesis

Biodegradation

Intermediates

WASTE MANAGEMENTRESOURCES MANAGEMENT

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CO2 H20Biomass


Cellulose,Starch,

PLA

Production

Conversion

Extraction

Photosynthesis

Biodegradation

Intermediates




biodegradable& compostable

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compostable or biodegradable ?

light (UV)

O2

water

specific

compostable in

industrial plant

biodegradable

in soil

biodegradable

in fresh water

biodegradable

in sea water

home

compostable

environment

industrial

composting plant

soil

fresh water

garden

green bin

sea

bacteria

microorganismsbiodegradable

triggergeneric

degradable


compostable or biodegradable ?

“static”

-

solid

-

fungi

dynamic

-

liquid

managed

end-of-life

unmanaged

end-of-life

40 – 70 °C

20 - 30 °C

hig

h“a

mb

ien

t”

Testing

temperature

8 weeks

6 months

/

(option soluble)

12 weeks

6 months

24 months

12 months

3 months

/

6 months

Biodegradation

> 90%

Disintegration

> 90%

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criteria

compostable

biodegradable

not ecotoxic

no heavy

metals

disintegrableΣ=

characteristic

material

characteristic

finished product

made of that

material

&

degradation :

related to

environment


tests Biodegradation (chemical)

Disintegration (physical)

Heavy metals

Ecotoxicity

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compostable products : market

• Short-live, thin, not recyclable/recycled products• Products facilitating the delivery of bio-waste to composting centres


bio-based content

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CO2 H20Biomass


Cellulose,Starch,

PLA

Production

Conversion

Extraction

Photosynthesis

Biodegradation

Intermediates

WASTE MANAGEMENTRESOURCES MANAGEMENT


Detailed view of budgets and fluxes in the global carbon cycle in the 1990s. Pre-industrial or ‘natural’ values are given in black, anthropogenic values in red. Source: IPCC

Carbon flux

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CO2 concentration

2006


bio-based

CO2

1..10 years

Biomassphotosynthesis

Fossil resources(petroleum, natural gas)

> 1.000.000 years

Polymers, Chemicals

& FuelChemical industry

Source : Ramani Narayan ( Michigan State University )

Bio-chemicalindustry

% ?

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bio-based content vs bio-based carbon content

3 gPLA

7 gPP

= 30 %

EN 16785-1bio-based content

(since 2015)

50 %carbon= 1,5 g

86 %carbon= 6,0 g

1,5 g

1,5 g + 6,0 g= 20 %

ASTM 6866 – EN 16640bio-based carbon content

(since 2006)


bio-based carbon content & carbon fraction

( bio

based

carb

on / t

ota

l carb

on )

( carbon / total product )

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Carbon Fraction

Bio

based

Carb

on

Co

nte

nt

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tests

Liquid Scintillation Counting (LSC)

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) &

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS).


biobased products : new market

• Historical market ( bags / packaging / catering )

+ Long life products

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PBATPLA

starch

PE

(oil)

PE

(sugar cane)

bio-basedoil-based

OXOfragmentable

bio

de

gra

da

ble

no

t b

iod

eg

rad

ab

le

en

d o

f lif

e

origin


certification&

communication

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xxABOUT US PORTFOLIO INTERNATIONAL BRANDS REFERENCES

TÜV AUSTRIA is a leading, impartial and independent serviceprovider for integrated management of safety, quality,

environment and resources with international orientation

Autonomy and impartiality are the principles of our actions in the service of safety.

We are committed to performing our services in a socially and environmentally responsible and ethical way.

Our mission is the sustainable improvement of safety and quality.

VISION & MISSION


assessment & monitoring

Assessment

Certification

Market

MonitoringConform ?

Corrective

Actions

Conform ?

| no |

| no |

| yes |

| yes |

Application

Corrective

Actions

Suspension

www

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from technic to logo

Technicalcontent

Easy to understand

Mark - Logo (B2C) -

Certificate (B2B)

Assessment report

Test report

A conformity mark translates complex technical mattersin an easy-to-understand message


certifiable or not ?

OK compost : YOK biodegradable : N

tyre : OK biodegradable MARINE : Ndust : OK biodegradable MARINE : ?

OK compost : NOK biobased : Y

compostablevs

biodegradable

originvs

end of life

finished productvs

dust / resin

Y Yes

Y+ Yes with additional requirements (technical)

Y! Yes with restriction (communication)

N Not certifiable

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components – intermediates – finished products

Each level is

responsible &

liable for the

conformity of

its product

A raw material

B paper

C ink

D glue

ProducersA , B , C & D

T bread bag

AssemblersT

M film

N printedpapersheet

ConvertersM & N

TESTING MONITORING


Biodegradable & bio-based are two different stories / concepts.

Being one does not automatically mean being the other.

Biodegradation (& disintegration) is always related to an environment.Being biodegradable in garden heap does means being biodegradable in soil.

It is not because a raw material is certified that products made of that material

are automatically certified.

A certification body gives more confidence to the statements.

1. Harmonise2. Evaluate3. Certify4. Communicate5. Monitor

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education first !

The sea begins here, do not litterThank you

okcompost.orgbiodegradability is never an excuse for littering !

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