Information about the MLC-Index
The MLC Index is a novel testing and rating method for microplastics of textile origin. It serves as a tool for modern ecodesign. Products that avoid the release of microplastics can also be certified and thus awarded via the MLC Index.
Manufacturers use the MLC Index to provide modern and sustainable products, solutions and systems on the market so that microplastics can be reduced preventively in the environment. The MLC index creates the basis for innovative product developments and optimizations and promotes the eco design process. By using the MLC certificate, also a competitive advantage can be gained.
Through the MLC index, retailers, professional users and consumers can recognize that manufacturers are already taking care to design their products in such a way that microplastic release is reduced preventively.
Associations and organizations are important initiators for the neutral provision of the MLC Index. They are involved in the development process of the test methods and indexing.
Independent laboratories actively participate in the development of test methods, take part in interlaboratory tests and have the corresponding competence for the detection of microplastics of textile origin.
Independent certification bodies use the MLC Index as a novel requirement criterion for the preventive avoidance of microplastics in the environment. The MLC-Index provides agnostic test methods and serves as an index for applicable minimum requirements of novel criteria.