# ISO 17556:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 17556:2003, item title is Plastics — Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability in soil by measuring the oxygen demand in a respirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 17556:2012; withdrawn / published date is 2003-07-18, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 17556:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Plastics — Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability in soil by measuring the oxygen demand in a respirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 17556:2012
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-07-18 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 30743,IS,,ISO 17556:2003,Plastics — Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability in soil by measuring the oxygen demand in a respirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved,Plastiques — Détermination de la biodégradabilité aérobie ultime dans le sol par mesure de la demande en oxygène dans un respiromètre ou de la teneur en dioxyde de carbone libéré,2003-07-18,1,['83.080.01'],ISO/TC 61/SC 5,9599,,[56089],"['en','fr']",16,"<p>ISO 17556:2003 specifies a method for determining the ultimate aerobic biodegradability of plastic materials in soil by measuring the oxygen demand in a closed respirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved. The method is designed to yield an optimum

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).