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"title": "What is certified compostable: definition | Instica",
"h1": "What is certified compostable?",
"description": "certified compostable means: Products and packaging as compostable. Sourced, dated and checked against the regulator.",
"answer": "certified compostable means: Products and packaging as compostable. Ontario's Blue Box rules list them as a material category of their own, alongside glass, plastics, metal and paper. The Instica dataset lists certified compostable in 2 jurisdictions, including Ontario, Spain. Each rule below carries its source and retrieval date.",
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"markdown": "\n\ncertified compostable means: Products and packaging as compostable. Ontario's Blue Box rules list them as a material category of their own, alongside glass, plastics, metal and paper. The Instica dataset lists certified compostable in 2 jurisdictions, including Ontario, Spain. Each rule below carries its source and retrieval date."
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"id": "definition",
"heading": "What does certified compostable mean?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What does certified compostable mean?\n\nThis is the definition Instica uses for certified compostable in its EPR dataset. The wording below is checked against the source named beside it.\n\ncertified compostable: Products and packaging as compostable. Ontario's Blue Box rules list them as a material category of their own, alongside glass, plastics, metal and paper. (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> beverage container, glass, flexible plastic, rigid plastic, metal, paper, and certified compostable products and packaging\n>\n> Source: rpra.ca (https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/producers/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
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"heading": "What is certified compostable called in other languages?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What is certified compostable called in other languages?\n\nPackaging producers search for certified compostable in their own language and under the name their national scheme uses. The dataset records 2 local terms, each with the home analogy a reader of that language already knows.\n\n**certified compostable in other languages**\n\n| Language | Local term | Also called | Closest home analogy |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| English | certified compostable | | |\n| Spanish | envase compostable | | |\n\n- **Spanish — Local definition**: En los precios de Ecoembes, categoría propia para los envases compostables, con su tarifa por kilogramo."
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"heading": "Where does certified compostable apply?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Where does certified compostable apply?\n\ncertified compostable appears in the rules of 2 jurisdictions in the dataset. The table gives the duty and the regulator for each; the sections after it list every sourced rule.\n\n**Jurisdictions where certified compostable applies**\n\n| Jurisdiction | Producer duty | Regulator | Verified |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Ontario | Yes | Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) | verified Sep 29, 2026 |\n| [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) | Yes | Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment | verified Sep 29, 2026 |"
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"heading": "Ontario: the rules behind the term",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Ontario: the rules behind the term\n\n8 sourced rules for Ontario. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\nIn Ontario, packaging producer duties rest on Full producer responsibility for Blue Box material (packaging, paper products, packaging-like products) under the Blue Box Regulation (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved November 3, 2026).\n\nThe regulator named for Ontario is Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nProducers that place packaging on the market in Ontario carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nOntario organises producer duties through more than one producer responsibility organisation (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Ontario, a reporting deadline falls on May 31, 2026, covering 2025 (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Ontario, a registration deadline falls on a date the source does not fix (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nOntario sets 6 recycling targets, the first on paper management requirement at 80 by December 31, 2027 (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Ontario, revenue tests use regional over the calendar year (Source: rpra.ca, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> Blue Box producers became fully accountable and financially responsible for collecting and recycling their materials when consumers discard them.\n>\n> Source: rpra.ca (https://rpra.ca/programs/blue-box/regulation/), Retrieved: November 3, 2026, Language: en"
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"markdown": "\n\n## Spain: the rules behind the term\n\n8 sourced rules for Spain. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\nThe regulator named for Spain is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nSpain organises producer duties through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Ecoembes, Ecovidrio (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nProducers must register in Spain; the registry is Packaging section of the Register of Product Producers (Registro de Productores de Productos) (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Spain, a packaging weight threshold applies: 10 tonnes per calendar year (packaging made available for the first time in the Member State); it reduces the duty (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Spain, a packaging weight threshold applies: 15 tonnes per year (packaging placed on the market); it reduces the duty (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Spain, a reporting deadline falls every June 1, covering previous full calendar year (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn Spain, a deadline of another kind falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nSpain sets 2 recycling targets, the first on recycling rate, all packaging waste at 65% by December 31, 2025 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> a través de la Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental\n>\n> Source: boe.es (https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
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"id": "related",
"heading": "Which terms are related to certified compostable?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Which terms are related to certified compostable?\n\n1 related term help explain certified compostable. Each links to its own entry.\n\n- [Blue Box material](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/blue-box-material)"
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"id": "used-on",
"heading": "Which Instica pages use certified compostable?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Which Instica pages use certified compostable?\n\nThese 2 jurisdiction pages put certified compostable into practice, with thresholds, deadlines and fees for each.\n\n- Ontario EPR rules\n- [Spain EPR rules](https://instica.com/epr/spain)\n- [Check whether you owe](https://instica.com/epr/do-i-owe)"
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"heading": "More questions",
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"markdown": "\n\n## More questions\n\n### What does certified compostable mean?\n\ncertified compostable means: Products and packaging as compostable. Ontario's Blue Box rules list them as a material category of their own, alongside glass, plastics, metal and paper. It applies in Ontario, Spain."
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"markdown": "\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. These pages describe published rules and rates with their sources and retrieval dates, and an estimate is never a filing. You review, sign and submit your own reports. Read the methodology page for how figures are sourced and checked, and confirm any value with the regulator or your producer responsibility organisation before you rely on it."
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