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kjkjadksj
279 days ago
I just threw one of those into my compost pile last month and it’s still there. No clue how long it’s supposed to take.
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vkou
279 days ago
Compostable plastics don't compost if you just throw them in a compost heap, you need to compost them in high-temperature conditions.
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kjkjadksj
278 days ago
Well that is disappointing. I feel like that should be specified on the bag instead of alleging it is generally compostable like a brown paper bag.
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weaksauce
279 days ago
yeah I mentioned municipal compost because they can get the compost temperature way higher than we can at home scale. It should break down in the big compost piles they have
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