Bioplastics are plastics that are either biobased, meaning it is made from plants and not fossil fuels, biodegradable, or both. Luminy® PLA is one of the few bioplastics that is both biobased and biodegradable.
The term bioplastics encompasses a wide range of plastics, including PLA.
Throughout our communications, unless otherwise specified, the terms ‘biobased’ and ‘compostable’ or ‘biodegradable’ refer to EN16785-1 and EN13432 standards respectively. It is the responsibility of the article producer to ensure that claims on final products are substantiated by testing against the relevant standards. Check your locally available end-of-life infrastructure to ensure that legitimate end-of-life claims are made on the final product.