On Mar 20, 3:29*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Janet Baraclough wrote:
> > The message >
> > from sf > contains these words:
>
> >> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:37 -0400, blake murphy
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>> #2 plastic bags are 'highly biodegradable'? *you get stupider every day.
>
> >> We got something packed in what looked like styrofoam squigglies...
> >> but they were a corn product. *Maybe they're doing that with baggies
> >> now.
>
> > * * Several UK smkt chains *only supply biodegradable corn-starch bags.
> > They look and feel *like a plastic bag and *are waterproof and strong
> > enough to use a couple of times.
> > In landfill it takes the bags about 3 months to biodegrade. *Our local
> > council encourages homeowners to *compost green waste, and supplies a
> > biodegradable bin liner for *collecting it.
>
> When we started having to use biodegradable bags for the compost garbage
> we had a problem with them composting too quickly. They were falling
> apart before they were full.

For the household compostables, we've cut off the top of half gallon
milk bottles, leaving the handle, and use those for food prep
trimmings. Easy to carry out to the compost piles, easy to rinse out
when they get squidgy, and easy to replace by purchasing another
plastic milk jug for times of need. The old one goes in the plastics
recycling bin and Bob's your Uncle.

maxine in ri