PE Films and Rollstock Configurations
Additional Features
Biodegradable Film
International Standards and Compliance Status
STANDARD
STATUS
GRAS list
CFIA
CFIA
Additives either listed in GRAS (generally regarded as safe ) or have been subjected to testing to ensure that they are within acceptable limits for migration into foods that are in contact with plastic packaging containing these additives
EU,EC-directive 94/62/EC ( 20.12.1994)
CONEG EPA
Compliant with all known regulations respecting metals content in product. Free of any of the elements commonly referred to as “heavy metals”: lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, selenium, barium, chromium, nickel, antimony. No active ingredients or the additives is classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC)
DIN V 54900-3 ( Germany )
ONS 2200, 2023 ( Austria)
ONS 2200, 2023 ( Austria)
Tests showed absolutely no toxic or harmful by-products.
Plant Tests
No negative effects in the cress, summer barley plant, daphnia or earthworm tests. Substantiated by ecotoxicity tests.
EN 13432
Showed no phytotoxic effects and the compost met all requirement of EN 13432 with respect to disintegration, compost quality and ecotoxicity.
ASTM D 6400
Meets 3 of 4 requirements of this test which takes place in a flask, not a compost heap. Conversion into smaller elements does not occur rapidly enough to meet ASTM D 6400 standard.
1 “Using Degradable Plastics in Australia - A Product Stewardship Guide and Commitment”
2 See AS/NZS ISO 14021:2000 for reference.