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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 16620-5 First edition 2017-01 Plastics — Biobased content — Part 5: Declaration of biobased carbon content, biobased synthetic polymer content and biobased mass content Plastiques — Teneur biosourcée — Partie 5: Déclaration de la teneur en carbone biosourcé, de la teneur en polymère synthétique biosourcé et de la teneur en masse biosourcée Reference number ISO 16620-5:2017(E) © ISO 2017 ISO 16620-5:2017(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT © ISO 2017, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved Unless otherwise specified, no part o f this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO’s member body in the country o f the requester ISO copyright o ffice Ch de Blandonnet • CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org ii © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 662 0-5 : 01 7(E) Page Contents iv Introduction v Scope Normative references Terms and definitions Symbols and abbreviated terms 4.2 Abbreviated terms General principles Declarations of the biobased content 6.1 Principle 6.2 Declaration of the biobased carbon content f 6.4 Declaration of the biobased mass content Annex A (informative) Examples of labelling systems Bibliography Foreword Symb o ls 6.3 D eclaratio n o © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved the b io b as ed s ynthetic p o lymer co ntent iii ISO 16620-5:2017(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies) The work o f preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters o f electrotechnical standardization The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part In particular the different approval criteria needed for the di fferent types o f ISO documents should be noted This document was dra fted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part (see http://www.iso.org/directives) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some o f the elements o f this document may be the subject o f patent rights ISO shall not be held responsible for identi fying any or all such patent rights Details o f any patent rights identified during the development o f the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents) Any trade name used in this document is in formation given for the convenience o f users and does not constitute an endorsement For an explanation on the meaning o f ISO specific terms and expressions related to formity assessment, as well as information about ISO’s adherence to the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see the following URL: www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html Th document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61, Plastics, Subcommittee SC 5, Physicalchemical properties A list of all parts in the ISO 16620 series can be found on the ISO website is iv © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 1662 0-5:2 017(E) Introduction Increased use of biomass resources for manufacturing plastic products is effective for reducing global warming and the depletion of fossil resources Cu rrent pla s tic pro duc ts are comp o s e d o f biob as e d s ynthe tic p olymers , fo s s i l-b as e d s ynthe tic p olymers , natu l p olymers and add itive s that c a n i nclude biob a s e d materia l s “B iob a s e d pla s tics ” re fers to pla s tic s that contai n materia l s whol ly or p ar tly o f bio gen ic origi n In the ISO 16620 series, the “biobased content” of biobased plastics refers to the amount of the biobased c arb on content, the a mount o f the biob a s e d s ynthe tic p olymer content or the amou nt o f the biob a s e d mas s content on ly © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved v INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 16620-5:2017(E) Plastics — Biobased content — Part 5: Declaration of biobased carbon content, biobased synthetic polymer content and biobased mass content Scope This c u ment s p e c i fie s the re qui rements for the de cl aration s and lab el s o f the biob as e d c arb on content, the biob as e d s ynthe tic p olymer content and the biob a s e d mas s content i n pl as tic pro duc ts T h i s c ument i s appl ic able to p las tic pro duc ts and pl as tic materi a l s , p olymer re s i n s , monomers or additives, which are made from biobased or fossil-based constituents Normative references T he fol lowi ng c u ments are re ferre d to i n the tex t i n s uch a way th at s ome or a l l o f thei r content s titute s re qu i rements o f th i s c u ment For date d re ference s , on ly the e d ition cite d appl ie s For u ndate d re ference s , the late s t e d ition o f the re ference d c ument (i nclud i ng a ny amend ments) appl ie s ISO 14020, Environmental labels and declarations — General principles ISO 14021, Environmental labels and declarations — Self-declared environmental labelling) environmental claims (Type II ISO 16620-2, Plastics — Biobased content — Part 2: Determination of biobased carbon content ISO 16620-3, Plastics — Biobased content — Part 3: Determination of biobased synthetic polymer content ISO 16620-4, Plastics — Biobased content — Part 4: Determination of the biobased mass content Terms and definitions ISO 16620-1 and ISO 16620-4 ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses: — IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/ — ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp For the purp o s es o f th i s cument, the terms and definitions given i n © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved apply ISO 662 0-5 : 01 7(E) Symbols and abbreviated terms 4.1 Symbols percent biobased carbon content to total carbon x BTC x BTOC percent biobased carbon content to total organic carbon m BSP biob as e d s ynthe tic p olymer content mB biobased mass content 4.2 Abbreviated terms TC total carbon TOC total organic carbon General principles The general principles for the development and use of environmental labels and declarations established i n I S O 14 02 sha l l b e a) fol lowe d with mo de s t mo d i fic ation s for biob as e d pl as tics a s fol lows: P ri nciple : lab el s and de cla ration s s l l b e acc u rate, veri fi able, relevant and no t m i s le ad i ng b) Principle 2: procedures and requirements for labels and declarations shall not be prepared, adopted, or applied with a view to, or with the e ffe c t o f, cre ating unne ces s ar y obs tacles to i nternationa l trade c) d) P ri nciple : lab el s and de claration s sh a l l b e b as e d on s c ienti fic me tho dolo g y th at i s s u ffic iently thorough and comprehensive to support the claim and that produces results that are accurate and reproducible P ri nciple 4: i n formation concern i ng the pro ce dure, me tho dolo g y, and a ny c riteri a u s e d to s upp or t labels and declarations shall be available and provided upon request to all interested parties e) Principle 5: the development of labels and declarations shall take into consideration all relevant a s p e c ts o f the clai m they a re i ntende d for f) Principle 6: labels and declarations shall not inhibit innovation which maintains or has the potential to i mprove envi ron menta l p er forma nce and s u s tai nabi l ity g) P ri nciple 7: a ny ad m i n i s trative re qu i rements or i n formation demand s relate d to l ab el s and de cla ration s sha l l b e l i m ite d to tho s e ne ce s s a r y to e s tabl i s h formance with appl ic able criteria and standards of the labels and declarations h) P ri nciple : the pro ce s s o f developi ng lab el s and de cla ration s s hou ld i nclude an op en, p ar tic ip ator y consultation with interested parties Reasonable efforts should be made to achieve a consensus throughout the process i) Principle 9: information on the aspects of products and services relevant to a label or declaration f declaration s l l b e ava i lable to T he re qu i rements for pu rch as ers a nd p o tentia l pu rcha s ers rom the p a r ty ma ki ng the lab el or s el f- de clare d envi ronmenta l cl m s , i nclud i ng s tatements , s ymb ol s and graph ic s , re gard i ng pro duc ts , s p e ci fie d i n I S O 14 02 sh a l l b e s ati s fie d E xample s o f lab el l i ng s ys tem s are gi ven i n Annex A © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 16620-5:2017(E) Declarations of the biobased content 6.1 Principle The declaration of the biobased content according to this document is applicable to plastic products and f f based constituents pla s tic materia l s , p olymer re s i n s , monomers or add itive s wh ich are made rom biob as e d and/or o s s i l- T he biob as e d c arb on content, the biob a s e d s ynthe tic p olymer content or the biob a s e d mas s content de term i ne d b y applyi ng I S O 16 62 -2 , I S O 16 62 -3 or I S O 16 62 - 4, re s p e c tively, s l l b e de clare d on ly b y u s i ng the format de s c rib e d T he re s p on s ible p a r ty for in 6.2, 6.3, or 6.4 , re s p e c tively pl aci ng biob a s e d pla s tic pro duc ts on the marke t shou ld veri fy i f the pre s ence o f the l ab el cou ld b e errone ou sly s idere d a s a pro o f o f s u itabi l ity to orga n ic re cover y (i e comp o s ti ng and anaerobic d ige s tion accord i ng to I S O 6 or e quiva lent s p e ci fic ation s) b y the s u mers and, therefore, bring to unaware wrong waste separation behaviour If there is a risk of misinterpretation, for example, for disposable single-use products placed on those markets where organic waste col le c tion h as b e en a l re ady i mplemente d , then the re s p on s ible p a r ty shou ld adop t fu r ther form s of com mu n ic ation to the s umers to ma ke them aware o f the re cover y ch arac teri s tics o f the biob a s e d pro duc t and, there fore, re duce the ri s ks o f was te m i s placement c au s e d b y label and term “biobased” m i s i nter pre tation o f the 6.2 Declaration of the biobased carbon content The declaration of the biobased carbon content, expressed as a percentage of the total organic carbon, x BTOC , shall consist of a statement, where x BTOC is the value determined according to ISO 16620-2, rounded to the nearest integer The declaration of the biobased carbon content, expressed as a percentage of the total carbon, x BTC , shall consist of a statement, where x BTC is the value determined according to ISO 16620-2, rounded to the nearest integer Information shall be provided as follows: a) pro duc t identi fic ation; b) biob as e d ca rb on content accord i ng to I S O 16 62 -2 ; 1) expressed as a percentage of TOC: X % and 2) expressed as a percentage of TC: X % c) “this declaration is in agreement with ISO 16620-5” 6.3 Declaration of the biobased synthetic polymer content T he de claration o f the biob a s e d s ynthe tic p olymer content, expre s s e d a s a p ercentage o f mas s , m BSP , shall consist of a statement, where m BSP is the value determined according to ISO 16620-3, rounded to the nearest integer Information shall be provided as follows: a) pro duc t identi fic ation; b) biob as e d s ynthe tic p olymer content accord i ng to I S O 16 62 -3 , e xpre s s e d as a p ercentage o f the to ta l m as s: X %; © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 662 0-5 : 01 7(E) c) “this declaration is in agreement with ISO 16620-5” 6.4 Declaration of the biobased mass content The declaration of the biobased mass content, expressed as a percentage of the total mass, m B , shall consist of a statement, where m B is the value determined according to ISO 16620-4 Information shall be provided as follows: a) pro duc t identi fic ation; b) biob as e d ma s s content accord i ng to I S O 16 62 - 4, e xpre s s e d a s a p ercentage o f the to ta l ma s s: X %; c) “this declaration is in agreement with ISO 16620-5” © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 16620-5:2017(E) Annex A (informative) Examples of labelling systems A.1 General Examples o f labelling systems are listed in Table A.1 Table A.1 — Examples of labelling systems Name of the certification system Organization United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Japan BioPlastics AssociBiomassPla ation (JBPA) Biobased Indi- Association Chimie du cator Végétal (ACDV) CERTCO Gesellschaft DIN-Geprüft Bi- DIN Konformitätsbewerobased Products für tung mbH OK Biobased AIB-Vinỗotte International s.a./n.v BioPreferred Type of declaration Biobased carbon content Biobased synthetic polymer content Reference website www.biopreferred.gov/ www.jbpaweb.net/english/english.htm Biobased mass content www.chimieduvegetal.com/pageLibre000110dd.asp Biobased carbon content www.dincertco.de/en/dincertco/home.jsp Biobased synthetic polymer content Biobased carbon content www.okcompost.be/en/recognising-ok-environment-logos/ok-biobased/ A.2 USDA’s BioPreferred program USDA’s BioPre ferred program was created by the 2002 Farm Bill to increase the purchase and use of biobased products within the Federal Government Congress reauthorized and strengthened the program in the 2008 Farm Bill to further promote the sale of biobased products With the launch of this new biobased product label, USDA’s BioPreferred program is now comprised of two parts: a biobased product procurement pre ference program for federal agencies and a voluntary labelling initiative for the broad-scale marketing of biobased products A.3 JBPA’s BiomassPla Identification and Labelling system JBPA’s BiomassPla Identification and Labelling system was started from July 2006 The system is based on the following: a) The Positive List System for all biobased synthetic polymers and its compounds, films, etc b) The minimum value o f the biobased synthetic polymer content is 25 % (by weight) o f products measured by 14 C measurement based on ISO 16620-2 and calculated based on ISO 16620-3 c) All components not contain any non-usable material decided by JBPA A.4 ACDV‘s Biobased Indicator The Biobased Indicator was developed in 2010 as a promotion tool for biobased products It differs from the USDA labelling system which is focused on the declaration o f the biobased carbon ratio Its goal was to enable the declaration of the total biomass contained in a given product, including other elements © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 16620-5:2017(E) than carbon It also di ffers from the JPBA labelling approach by taking into account any type o f biomass including native starch and cellulose, which are not taken into consideration for the calculation of the JBPA biobased synthetic polymer content A.5 DIN-Geprüft Biobased Products In 2010, DIN CERTCO developed a certification system based on the most recent ASTM D6866, available based on the internationally approved “DIN-Geprü ft [DIN-tested]” formity mark With the marks “Biobased 20-50 %”, “Biobased 50-85 %” and “Biobased > 85%”, the percentage range of biobased carbon as part o f the total carbon is directly visible for the products, intermediates and resins certified Since 2013, DIN CERTCO o ffers formity assessment additionally or separately according to CEN/TS 16137 (DIN SPEC 91236) and ISO 16620 with this certification system, too A.6 OK Biobased The OK Biobased certification scheme uses a star system to indicate the biobased mass content o f a product A one-star biobased product has biobased mass content between 20 % and 40 % while a fourstar certified product has a biobased mass content greater than 80 % This certification applies to basic/raw materials, intermediates, and finished products with at least 30 % organic carbon fraction and 20 % biobased carbon content All products which are (partially) manu factured from biobased plastics or materials o f natural origin are suitable for the OK Biobased certification scheme © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 662 0-5 : 01 7(E) Bibliography [1] ISO 16620-1, Plastics — Biobased content — Part 1: General principles [2] ISO 18606, Packaging and the environment — Organic recycling [3] ASTM D6866-12, Standard Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Samples Using Radiocarbon Analysis [4] CEN/TS 16137:2011, Plastics — Determination of bio-based carbon content © ISO 2017 – All rights reserved ISO 662 0-5 : 01 7(E) ICS 83.080.01 Price based on pages © ISO 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