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Manufacturers and suppliers across various product categories are seeking ways to adopt sustainable practices, and many are focusing on product circularity. However, to differentiate themselves in the market, manufacturers also need a way to independently validate their efforts.
UL 1497, the Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Biodegradability and Compostability Correlated to Managed Waste Disposal Methods, can help customers validate sustainability claims about their organic/natural materials or products based on degradation under managed waste disposal methods.
This procedure provides a framework evaluating a material’s suitability to biodegrade or compost in the following waste management methods:
It includes analyzing test results for biodegradability or compostability, biobased content, and the probable or intended disposal method.
UL 1497 helps manufacturers consider both how their materials or products are made and how they complete their life cycle. That enables manufacturers and suppliers to balance an increased focus on environmental impact with the need to deliver the quality and safety their customers expect.
For a material or product to meet UL 1497, it must be composed of biobased material according to UL 9798, Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Biobased Content. This composition will allow it to properly biodegrade, greatly reducing waste mismanagement, which can become an environmental hazard.
UL Solutions has already contributed to the development of more than 80 environmental testing and auditing procedures to validate environmental claims, and UL 1497 ECVP expands our offerings to address organic/natural materials.
By validating your materials for biodegradibility and compostability with UL Solutions, you demonstrate your commitment to product circularity and an environmentally sustainable future.
The UL Environmental Claim Validation offers several benefits, including:
UL 9798 can be used in validating the biobased content to meet the requirements of UL 1497. The tests required for UL 1497 require the same tests as UL 9798, with additional tests depending on the disposal method. If a customer is able to achieve UL 1497, they also qualify for UL 9798. Customers must have a minimum of 50% biobased content, which UL 9798 will validate. Achieving UL 1497 is the next step for products that are made from organic/natural materials.
Luxury leather supplier Cyclica substantiates biodegradability claims with UL Environmental Claim Validation.
