Commission Decision of 15 December 2006 establishing revised ecological criteria and the related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to growing media (notified under document number C(2006) 6962) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/64/EC) (repealed)

6. Other criteria

a)

The electrical conductivity of the products shall not exceed 1,5 dS/m.

b)

Applicable to mineral growing media only:

For all substantial professional markets (i.e. where the applicant's annual sales in any one country in the professional market exceed 30 000 m³), the applicant shall fully inform the user about available options for the removal and processing of growing media after use. This information shall be integrated in the accompanying fact sheets.

The applicant shall inform the Competent Body about the option(s) on offer and their response, to these options in particular:

• a description of collection, processing and destinations. At any time, plastics should be separated from minerals/organics and processed separately;

• an annual overview of the volume of growing media collected (input) and processed (by destination).

The applicant shall demonstrate that at least 50 % by volume of the growing media waste is recycled after use.