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EN 13432 is a European technical standard for compostable packaging, while ASTM D6400 is a North American technical standard for plastics and products made from plastics intended for municipal or industrial aerobic composting. They address related compostability questions but are not automatically interchangeable market credentials.

EN 13432 is a European technical standard for packaging recoverable through industrial composting and biodegradation. Certification based on the standard can support a finished package’s industrial-compostability claim, but it does not by itself prove food-contact compliance, full PPWR conformity, home compostability or legal permission for every product format.

An EN 13432-related certificate can support the industrial-compostability claim of an eligible PLA cup, but it does not by itself determine whether the cup is permitted for every EU use. PLA remains a plastic polymer for relevant EU plastic rules, so the specific product format, SUP requirements, PPWR obligations, food-contact evidence and destination-market rules must also be checked.

OK Compost HOME applies to products designed to break down under lower-temperature, less controlled backyard or home composting conditions. OK Compost INDUSTRIAL applies to products intended for managed composting systems where temperature, humidity, oxygen, and processing time are controlled. A product certified for industrial composting should not automatically be marketed as suitable for home composting, because the testing conditions and performance thresholds are different.

No. EN 13432 is associated with controlled industrial-compostability assessment. A home-compostability claim requires separate applicable evidence or certification under conditions intended to represent home composting.