CEN/TR 17910:2022

Biodegradable plastics - Status of standardization and new prospects

This document summarizes the state of standardization in the field of biodegradable plastics and plastics products at CEN and ISO level. It explains the underlying scientific principles of biodegradation that provide the foundations for relevant test methods and enters into the merits of the individual tests to explain and clarify the reasons for the adoption of specific solutions and criteria.
This document primarily focusses on standards adopted by CEN covering environmental biodegradation testing and relevant specifications. It also includes information on disintegration and eco-toxicity tests. A full list of the international standards considered in this document is provided in Annex A.
In a second part, this document highlights areas where standardization in this field is currently lacking and where future developments may be anticipated and useful.

Bioabbaubare Kunststoffe - Stand der Normung und neue Perspektiven

Plastiques biodégradables - État de la normalisation et nouvelles perspectives

Biorazgradljivi polimerni materiali - Stanje standardizacije in nove možnosti

Ta dokument povzema stanje standardizacije na področju biorazgradljivih polimernih materialov na ravni CEN in ISO. Pojasnjuje osnovna znanstvena načela biorazgradnje, ki zagotavljajo temelje za ustrezne preskusne metode, in na podlagi prednosti posameznih preskusov pojasnjuje in določa razloge za sprejetje posebnih rešitev in meril.
V drugem delu ta dokument izpostavlja področja, kjer standardizacija na tem področju trenutno manjka ter kakšna so predvidevanja za prihodnji razvoj in uporabo.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Dec-2022
• ICS: 13.020.20 - Environmental economics. Sustainability
• ICS: 83.080.01 - Plastics in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 249 - Plastics
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 249/WG 9 - Characterisation of degradability
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 21-Dec-2022
• Due Date: 12-Sep-2023
• Completion Date: 21-Dec-2022
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CEN/TR 17910:2023 - Biodegradable plastics - Status of standardization and new prospects

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TP CEN/TR 17910:2023
01-marec-2023
Biorazgradljivi polimerni materiali - Stanje standardizacije in nove možnosti
Biodegradable plastics - Status of standardization and new prospects
Bioabbaubare Kunststoffe - Stand der Normung und neue Perspektiven
Plastiques biodégradables - État de la normalisation et nouvelles perspectives
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TR 17910:2022
ICS:
01.120 Standardizacija. Splošna Standardization. General
pravila rules
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
83.080.01 Polimerni materiali na Plastics in general
splošno
SIST-TP CEN/TR 17910:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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CEN/TR 17910
TECHNICAL REPORT

RAPPORT TECHNIQUE

December 2022
TECHNISCHER REPORT
ICS 83.080.01; 13.020.20
English Version

Biodegradable plastics - Status of standardization and new
prospects
Plastiques biodégradables - État de la normalisation et Bioabbaubare Kunststoffe - Stand der Normung und
nouvelles perspectives neue Perspektiven


This Technical Report was approved by CEN on 18 December 2022. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC
249.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.





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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Biodegradation . 6
5 Biodegradation of polymers. 7
6 The principles of the biodegradation tests for plastics . 8
6.1 Measuring biodegradation . 8
6.2 Reliability and replication . 10
6.3 Formation of biomass during biodegradation . 12
6.4 General discussion on the 90 % biodegradability requirement . 12
7 Current biodegradation tests . 13
7.1 General . 13
7.2 ISO 13975 . 14
7.3 EN ISO 14851 . 15
7.4 EN ISO 14852 . 16
7.5 EN ISO 14
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