25 Feb 2020 --- Compostable packaging products certified standard EN 13432 can disintegrate within a maximum of 22 days together with biowaste (GFT) in a full-scale industrial organic waste treatment facility, found a recent study. That is even faster than orange skins and banana peels. The Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands, research set out to determine if compostable packaging products actually compost in organic waste treatment processes or if they end up as contaminating residue waste. In light of the upcoming European Green Deal, the study provides additional evidence in favor of bioplastics packaging within the organic recycling scheme.
