We have today published a new document for producers titled ‘CMCS Position on Technical Requirements’. This document accompanies the scheme rules, providing clarification on specific requirements in the underlying standards (BS EN 13432:2000, BS EN 14995:2006, AS 5810:2010, and NF T 51-800:2015-11)...
Posted: 28 August, 2024
We have today uploaded two new application forms to our website for home compostable and industrially compostable certification, which can be found here...
Posted: 28 August, 2024
The Compostable Materials Certification Scheme (CMCS) announces the first certified product, manufactured by KOBAYASHI Healthcare Europe Ltd (Kobayashi) who is the first participant of CMCS...
Posted: 1 August, 2024
We have today published a new guidance document for producers around the requirements for the use of the certification marks. This guidance aligns with the requirements in the updated versions of the scheme rules (version 4)...
Posted: 26 July, 2024
We have recently issued two updated versions of the 'REAL Industrially Compostable Products' and 'REAL Home Compostable Products' scheme rules. The key changes from the previous versions are:The addition of certifiable product types e.g...
Posted: 26 July, 2024
REAL administers both the CMCS and the Compost Certification Scheme (CCS), a quality assurance and end-of-waste scheme for compost produced on an industrial scale in the UK...
Posted: 10 May, 2024
Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) announces the recent appointment of TÜV AUSTRIA to conduct certification assessments for the Compostable Materials Certification Scheme (CMCS), the second certification body to be appointed...
Posted: 10 January, 2024
We have recently uploaded two new application forms to our website for home compostable and industrially compostable certification, which can be found here.The forms reflect the development of the scheme whereby producers can now choose between two certification bodies...
Posted: 9 January, 2024
We have recently issued two updated versions of the 'REAL Industrially Compostable Products' and 'REAL Home Compostable Products' scheme rules. Version 3 of these documents can be found and downloaded from our website here...
Posted: 8 January, 2024