Janet Baraclough wrote:
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> > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:37 -0400, blake murphy
> > > wrote:
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> > > #2 plastic bags are 'highly biodegradable'? you get stupider every day.
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> > We got something packed in what looked like styrofoam squigglies...
> > but they were a corn product. Maybe they're doing that with baggies
> > now.
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> 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.
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> http://www.packagingknowledge.com/de...dable_bags.asp
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> Janet

Sainsbury's used to sell 'photobiodegradable' trash bags. However, there
was a lack of logic to that. Landfills aren't good sources of sunlight,
as the trash is packed in layers and soil put over that. They apparently
didn't sell well cos they weren't available a few months later.