date:Sep 11, 2012
The Environmental Communications Guide for Bioplastics (ECG) aims at safeguarding good communication along the entire value chain and avoiding vague and general claims.
It outlines good and bad examples of relevant claims in environmental communications.
Biobased-claims should be backed up by sound measurements based on approved standards (CEN/ ASTM/ISO) and, ideally, third party certification.
They can either be made by indicating a percentage of the biobased mass content or the biobased carb