Conditions to be considered when mandating or introducing the use of compostable packaging format:
(a) it could not have been designed as reusable packaging or the products could not be placed on the market without packaging;
(b) it is designed to enter the organic waste stream at the end of its life;
(c) it is of such biodegradable nature that it allows the packaging to undergo physical or biological decomposition, including anaerobic digestion, resulting ultimately in conversion into carbon dioxide and water, new microbial biomass, mineral salts, and, in the absence of oxygen, methane;
(d) its use significantly increases the collection of organic waste compared to the use of non-compostable packaging materials;
(e) its use significantly reduces the contamination of compost with non-compostable packaging and does not cause any problems in bio-waste processing;
(f) its use does not increase the contamination of non-compostable packaging waste streams.
在强制或引入使用可堆肥包装格式时应考虑的条件：
(a) 该包装无法设计为可重复使用的包装，或产品无法无包装投放市场；
(b) 该包装设计为在其生命周期结束时进入有机废弃物流；
(c) 该包装具有可生物降解性质，允许包装经历物理或生物分解过程，包括厌氧消化，最终转化为二氧化碳和水 、新微生物生物质、矿物盐，以及在缺氧条件下产生甲烷；
(d) 与使用非可堆肥包装材料相比，其使用显著提高了有机废弃物的收集量；
(e) 其使用显著减少了堆肥中非可堆肥包装的污染，且不会对生物废弃物处理造成任何问题； (f) 其使用不会增加非可堆肥包装废弃物流的污染。