Biobased labels

The fact that (and to what percentage) a product or a material is biobasedThe term biobased describes the part of a material or product that is stemming from biomass. When making a biobased claim, the unit (biobased carbon c... More can be indicated by respective labels. Ideally, meaningful labels should be based on harmonised standards and a corresponding certificationCertification is a process in which materials/products undergo a string of (laboratory) tests in order to verify that the fulfil certain requirements.... More process by independent third-party institutions. For the property biobasedThe term biobased describes the part of a material or product that is stemming from biomass. When making a biobased claim, the unit (biobased carbon c... More such labels are in place by certifiers DINDeutsches Institut für Normung (German organisation for standardization) More CERTCO and VinçotteIndependent certifying organisation for the assessment on the conformity of bioplastics. More who both base their certifications on the technical specification as described in [4,5] A certificationCertification is a process in which materials/products undergo a string of (laboratory) tests in order to verify that the fulfil certain requirements.... More and corresponding label depicting the biobased mass contentDescribes the amount of biobased mass contained in a material or product. This method is complementary to the 14C method, and furthermore, takes other... More was developed by the French Association Chimie du Végétal [ACDV].