{"id":39097,"date":"2016-11-29T07:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T06:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=39097"},"modified":"2016-11-26T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T14:39:34","slug":"certification-of-bio-based-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/certification-of-bio-based-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Certification of bio-based content"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harmen Willemse, NEN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bio-based products are products, which are wholly or partly derived from biomass. Therefore, it is essential to characterize the amount of biomass contained in the product. The bio-based content includes not only the amount of carbon, but also the elements hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new \u2018Bio-based content certification scheme\u2019 developed by NEN \u2013 Netherlands Standardization Institute will be launched at the 11th European Bioplastics Conference<\/a> on 29\/30 November 2016 in Berlin, by issuing the first certificates to products from Corbion and Kraton.<\/p>\n

Rethinking determination of bio-based content<\/h3>\n

The new method for the determination of the bio-based content was developed and validated in two European 7th Framework Programme research projects: Knowledge Based Bio-based Products\u2019 Pre-Standardization (KBBPPS<\/a>) and OpenBio<\/a>; and captured in a European Standard based on a standardization request by the European Commission (M\/492). This European standard, EN 16785-1:2015, describes the method for determination of the bio-based content of solid, liquid and gaseous products, using radiocarbon analysis and elemental analyses. It can be applied to any raw material, chemical, intermediate, semi-finished product or finished product.<\/p>\n

Enhancing communication<\/h3>\n

Reliable communication and credible claims about the bio-based content of products are critical success factors for the acceptance of bio-based products and the deployment of the bio-based economy. A group of European stakeholders has developed a certification system, which can be used by organizations to make a validated claim on the (minimum share of) bio-based content in their products.<\/p>\n

Certify your product<\/h3>\n

The first certificates will be issued by the certification bodies DIN CERTCO and Vin\u00e7otte to bio-based products produced by Corbion and Kraton. From then on, certification is open to all suppliers of bio-based products. Any product containing biomass qualifies for certification. Certification enables clear and transparent communication of the total bio-based content of products, by means of a certificate and label with the percentage bio-based content.<\/p>\n

Independent assessment<\/h3>\n

The \u201eBio-based content certification scheme\u201c is the single European certification scheme that enables independent assessment of claims about the bio-based content of products, based on the European standard EN 16785-1. It contains provisions for the determination, verification and monitoring of the bio-based content of products or product families.<\/p>\n

More information about the bio-based content certification including a list of certified products can be found on www.biobasedcontent.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bio-based products are products, which are wholly or partly derived from biomass. Therefore, it is essential to characterize the amount of biomass contained in the product. The bio-based content includes not only the amount of carbon, but also the elements hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. A new \u2018Bio-based content certification scheme\u2019 developed by NEN \u2013 Netherlands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838],"supplier":[5384,2160,435,2317,2711,3964,2920],"class_list":["post-39097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","supplier-corbion","supplier-din-certco-gesellschaft-fuer-konformitaetsbewertung","supplier-european-bioplastics-ev","supplier-european-commission","supplier-kraton-performance-polymers-inc","supplier-netherlands-standardization-institute-nen","supplier-vincotte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39097"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=39097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}