# ISO 19679:2016 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 19679:2016, item title is Plastics — Determination of aerobic biodegradation of non-floating plastic materials in a seawater/sediment interface — Method by analysis of evolved carbon dioxide; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 19679:2020; withdrawn / published date is 2016-08-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 19679:2016 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Plastics — Determination of aerobic biodegradation of non-floating plastic materials in a seawater/sediment interface — Method by analysis of evolved carbon dioxide _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 19679:2020
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2016-08-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 66003,IS,,ISO 19679:2016,Plastics — Determination of aerobic biodegradation of non-floating plastic materials in a seawater/sediment interface — Method by analysis of evolved carbon dioxide,Plastiques — Détermination de la biodégradation aérobie des matières plastiques non-flottantes à l'interface eau de mer/sédiments — Méthode par analyse du dioxyde de carbone libéré,2016-08-15,1,['83.080.01'],ISO/TC 61/SC 14,9599,,[78889],"['en','fr']",11,"<p>ISO 19679:2016 specifies a test method to determine the degree and rate of aerobic biodegradation of plastic materials when settled on marine sandy sediment at the interface between seawater and the seafloor, by measuring the evolved carbon dioxide.</

## 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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).