PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS GUIDELINES AND COMMENT!
Compost manufacturers hate contamination. It costs money, it affects compost quality and it is generally bad business. So if you are a manufacturer ... its time to sit up and take notice.
The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has been working on a guidelines document for manufacturers and brand owners to help address the challenges of labeling and identifying compostable products and packaging.
The objective of the guidelines document is to, “...establish consistent, category-specific identification guidelines for compostable products and packaging that make it easy for consumers, composters and others to identify compostable products and packaging and improve awareness of how to properly dispose of them.”
BPI has gotten some initial feedback from composters and municipalities on the document, but they could really use your help.
While we know this is an extremely busy time for everyone, we’re asking our state chapters and compost manufacturers to review the draft guidelines (with the help of a 10-minute webinar designed to introduce you to the document), and provide BPI by the end of the week, August 20, with feedback via a short survey.