AS 4736 Biodegradable Plastics - Test for Composting

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of AS 4736 testing. This standard specifies requirements and procedures to determine the compostability or anaerobic biodegradation of plastics by addressing biodegradability, degradation during biological treatment, impact on the biological treatment process, and impact on the quality of the compost obtained.

This Standard provides a basis for allowing materials or products made of plastic to be labeled as 'compostable' for use in facilities such as municipal or industrial composting facilities.

This Standard applies to the processing of plastics in controlled waste treatment plants.

Composting is a form of waste disposal in which organic waste such as food decomposes naturally under oxygen and microbe-rich conditions. There are industrial composting plants and composting systems for the home (eg worm farm, compost bin or bokashi system). It is these facilities or systems where compostable packaging must be disposed of.

Enter the 'compostable' packaging. Why is it 'compostable' and not 'biodegradable'? While we can use the term interchangeably as most people understand the term 'biodegradable' rather than compostable, what we really mean at Adventpac is compostable.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with AS 4736 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.