Why is LifeMade® Home Compostable Cutlery a BIG deal?
Our Home Compostable Cutlery is made from advancements in materials that deliver the high performance and compostability that consumers are looking for. Our products have been lab proven and certified to degrade within six months in garden compost bins!*
What's the criteria for Home Compost certification?
- BIODEGRADATION† : Material breaks down at a chemical level by aerobic bacterial consumption
- DISINTEGRATION TEST RESULTS† : At 6 months 90% of remaining particles must be less than 2 mm (diameter)
- PLANT TOXICITY†: Test compost cannot hinder plant growth vs control compost‡
- CHARACTERIZATION†: Product cannot contain barred or toxic components
Our Cutlery is Both Home and Commercially Compostable.*§
Commercially compostable facilities may not exist in all areas.
Test methods include †ASTM D6400 (USA), EN 13432 (EU/International), Ash, FTIR, Heavy Metals & Fluorine analysis, CO2 evolution ‡Plant growth must be within 90% of germination rate and biomass versus control soil. Home composting disintegration test conducted at OWS (Ghent, Belgium) according to NF-T51-800 (2015), AS 5810 (2010) and the OK Compost HOME certification scheme of TÜV AUSTRIA Belgium.