Solutape End of Life

Solutape Functional, environmentally safe, none plastic packaging tape designed for the circular economy.

Biodegradation: Solutape will disintegrate and completely biodegrade over time in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

Industrial (Municipal) Composting 

Solutape is Certified against ISO 17088-2012 (Specifications for Compostable Plastics)    The analysis used test method ISO 14855-1 (Determination of the Ultimate Aerobic Biodegradability of Plastics)

Compostability:

EN13432 The European Standard for specifying industrial compostability of packaging is EN13432. The compostable plastics protocol designated EN14995 follows the same test procedure as EN13432. There are 4 main parts to the test: 

1) Disintegration/fragmentation.  

2) Biodegradation. 

3) Eco-toxicty.  

4) Compost quality.

Aerobic Biodegradation 

 ISO 14851- 30164P film have been proven to biodegrade using test method    ISO 14851

•        Landfill 

Films tested pass criteria for disintegration in anaerobic conditions. This data allowed a calculation to meet the requirements of anaerobic landfill conditions according to ASTM D5526 AD. 

•      Recycling Mechanical 

The thermoplastic polymer, therefore can be mechanically recycled back into pellet. 

•      Marine Safe/Accidental Feral Release

The material itself is non toxic as shown by the OWS (Belgium) results using the Daphnia test protocol for ASTM D6691 and OK Marine these are recognised as defining the behaviour of the material in the entire food chain. Marine toxicity tests show it to be safe to all regulated test fauna

•      Marine biodegradation tests(OWS & Vincotte/TNO, Belgium)

•      EN15985 - an additional standard for AD (mirrors EN13432)

•      EN14995 - same requirements as EN13432 but for all plastics

(ii) US Standard  - ASTM D6400 for biodegradable plastics