AJL
02-25-2014, 10:32 AM
This surprised me:
Compostable plastics are not a good choice. Common examples are garbage bags, clear cups, utensils and compostable plastic garden pots.
Problems with compostable plastics are:
They degrade too slowly for the municipal composting program.
They are not allowed in certified organic agriculture products. Compost made from curbside yard debris and food waste is listed with OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute.
Compostable bags contaminate in-store grocery store plastic bag (https://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/about_plastics.asp) recycling programs as they can’t be mixed with polyethylene plastic film (HDPE #2 and LDPE #4).
For more information, download a compostable plastics article (https://www.recyclenow.org/pdf/article_compostable_plastics.pdf) (PDF: 2.28 <abbr title="megabytes">MB</abbr>) written by Will Bakx, Soils Scientist for Sonoma Compost Company or call (707) 664-9113.
Compostable plastics are not a good choice. Common examples are garbage bags, clear cups, utensils and compostable plastic garden pots.
Problems with compostable plastics are:
They degrade too slowly for the municipal composting program.
They are not allowed in certified organic agriculture products. Compost made from curbside yard debris and food waste is listed with OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute.
Compostable bags contaminate in-store grocery store plastic bag (https://www.recyclenow.org/recycling/about_plastics.asp) recycling programs as they can’t be mixed with polyethylene plastic film (HDPE #2 and LDPE #4).
For more information, download a compostable plastics article (https://www.recyclenow.org/pdf/article_compostable_plastics.pdf) (PDF: 2.28 <abbr title="megabytes">MB</abbr>) written by Will Bakx, Soils Scientist for Sonoma Compost Company or call (707) 664-9113.