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A mark certifying a material breaks down in a domestic compost heap.
A home-compostable mark certifies that a material breaks down in a domestic compost heap, at ambient temperature. It is a much stronger claim than industrial compostability and is not interchangeable with it.
Certifies that the material breaks down under the lower and less consistent temperatures of a domestic compost heap rather than an industrial facility.
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Frequently confused with industrial compostability, which requires sustained high temperatures a garden heap never reaches. A material certified only for industrial composting will not break down at home.
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A young shoot with two opposed leaves rising from a short stem, enclosed within a rounded outline.
Biodegradable says a material eventually breaks down somewhere; compostable states the conditions and the timescale.
The seedling logo certifies industrial compostability; this one certifies the harder domestic case, and they are not interchangeable.