European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

CEN/TC 343 "Solid recovered fuels"

CEN, the European Committee for Standardization who’s mission is to foster the European economy in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment.

The standardization bodies of the thirty national members represent the twenty seven member states of the European Union, three countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

ASTM was determined to be the method of recommended for analyzing bio-based content. Below are important and pertinent excerpts about the ASTM method which are included in the CEN document:

• "ASTM D6866-05, Standard Test Methods for Determining the Biobased Content of Natural Range Materials Using Radiocarbon and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Spectrometry Analysis." - Pg.22 ln.3-4
• "International acceptance of a 14C based method can be expected, as can be illustrated by the recent publication of ASTM." - Pg.6 ln.8-9
• "(Carbon 14 dating) will be more accurate for mixed municipal waste than the alternative methods involving sampling of the solid fuel for analysis by selective dissolution." - Pg.i ln. 34-36
• "14C based methods don't use chemical or morphological properties of the sample but physical properties of the carbon atoms themselves. Because 14C based methods are based on these physical properties they avoid the problems of manual sorting and selective dissolution methods." - Pg.4 ln.17-20