ISO standards

ISO standards 10 min

ISO/TR 17098 and the substances that impede packaging recycling

A pack can be made of a recyclable material and still be turned away at the sorting plant. ISO/TR 17098 is the 2013 ISO technical report that lists what causes that, material by material, so a designer can catch it before the pack ships.

Frederik Kiel

· Aug 14, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 8 min

ISO 14009 explained for material circulation in product design

Material circulation is the design decision that settles whether a product's parts can ever come back. ISO 14009, published in 2020, is ISO's guidance for taking that decision inside an environmental management system instead of after the product exists.

Stella Winther

· Aug 12, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 9 min

ISO 59040 and the product circularity data sheet explained

Suppliers hold most of the facts about how circular a product is, and every one of them reports those facts differently. ISO 59040 settles that with one shared form, the product circularity data sheet, answered True or False so nothing confidential has to leave the building.

Oskar Mortensen

· Aug 7, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 9 min

What ISO 22095-3 requires for book and claim systems

Book and claim is the one chain of custody model where the material never reaches the buyer and the claim travels on its own. ISO 22095-3, published in 2026, is the rulebook that decides when that is credible and when it is not.

Oskar Mortensen

· Aug 6, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

How ISO 59020 measures circularity performance

Plenty of organisations say they are circular. ISO 59020 is the 2024 standard that measures how circular they actually are, using a fixed method and a set of circularity indicators so the result can be repeated and compared.

Stella Winther

· Aug 6, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 7 min

ISO 18601 and the packaging and environment standards explained

The ISO 18600 series has six packaging and environment standards, and ISO 18601 is the one that ties them together. It sets the shared rules and the order you apply optimization, reuse, and recovery in.

Frederik Kiel

· Jul 30, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 7 min

ISO 22095-2 and the mass balance model explained

Mass balance is how most recycled and renewable content gets claimed, and ISO 22095-2 is the 2026 standard that makes those claims trustworthy. It sets the rules for how a mass balance chain of custody system should be designed, bounded and audited.

Stella Winther

· Jul 29, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

ISO 59004 and the circular economy explained

The circular economy has become a goal for regulators and producers alike, but it means different things to different people. ISO 59004, published in 2024, is the standard that fixes the definition, sets six principles, and shows organisations how to act on them.

Oskar Mortensen

· Jul 27, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

ISO 22095 and chain of custody explained

Chain of custody is how a claim like recycled or responsibly sourced stays credible as material moves through a supply chain. ISO 22095, published in 2020, sets the shared terms and the five models that make those claims mean the same thing for everyone.

Frederik Kiel

· Jul 23, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 7 min

ISO 14067 and product carbon footprints explained

A product's carbon footprint is every gram of greenhouse gas it causes across its life, added into one number. ISO 14067 is the 2018 international standard that sets the rules for measuring it, so the figure holds up.

Stella Winther

· Jul 19, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 8 min

ISO 14025 and environmental product declarations explained

An Environmental Product Declaration, or EPD, is a product's environmental report card, its life-cycle impacts measured and independently checked. ISO 14025 is the 2006 standard that says what a credible one has to contain and how it gets verified.

Oskar Mortensen

· Jul 15, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 5 min

ISO 14044 explained and the rules of life cycle assessment

Every credible life cycle assessment is built to ISO 14044. This guide explains what the standard requires, how it splits environmental load, and how it works with its companion ISO 14040.

Frederik Kiel

· Jul 9, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

ISO 14001 and environmental management systems explained

More organisations hold ISO 14001 than any other environmental standard, and a new 2026 edition has just landed. This guide covers what an environmental management system is, what changed, and where it fits for producers.

Stella Winther

· Jul 3, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

ISO 14040 and life cycle assessment explained

Life cycle assessment measures a product's environmental impact from raw materials to disposal. ISO 14040 is the 2006 standard that sets the ground rules for doing it, and it sits under Environmental Product Declarations and product carbon footprints.

Oskar Mortensen

· Jul 2, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 5 min

ISO 18604 and recyclable packaging explained

Calling packaging recyclable is easy. ISO 18604 is the international standard that decides what has to be true before that word holds up, and how a producer measures and declares it.

Frederik Kiel

· Jun 27, 2026 Read post

ISO standards 6 min

ISO 14021 and self-declared environmental claims explained

ISO 14021 is the standard for self-declared environmental claims, the green claims companies make about their own products. It sets what a claim must prove and bans the vague ones.

Frederik Kiel

· Jun 22, 2026 Read post