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  • Fountain of Bioplastic knoledge

    Hi bhurley,

    Then you have bought the wrong bags, the one's I refer to are certified to compost by at least 90% within 90 days, and by compost the certification requires that 90% of the product is compiosted into nothing more than water, CO2, and matter that can be consumed by plants.

    The certification on these bags has been performed by three separate testing bodies, OK Compost, BPI(Biodegradable Products Institute), and DIN CERTCO.

    I suggest you request samples from the companies I have listed, I am sure they will oblige, and I am sure you will be satisfied with the quality and composting time ;-)
    On How to start composting posted 1 year, 3 months ago 7 Responses

  • Certified compostable bags

    Only use certified compostable 'bioplastic' bags for kitchen and garden waste, these are made from plant starch and will compost the same as other plant matter. If you go shopping and your shop offers starch bioplastic bags(NOT 'degradable' NOT 'oxo-degradable' plastic) you can reuse these bags to collect kitchen and garden waste for your compost heap or bin.

    Production of just one million tonnes of bioplastic instead of petro-plastic would reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by FOUR millions tonnes a year, this is why bioplastics are booming, and it's why we should all change to bioplastics wherever it is practical to do so. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will help reverse the climate change that is responsible for many crop failures, thus increasing the amount of food available in the world.

    Forget 'degradable' and 'oxo-degradable' plastics, they are made from ordinary high CO2 generating plastic, the fact they 'might' biodegrade is irrelevant as they have already done their damage by then, by increasing CO2 levels by a factor of at least double their own weight.

    http://www.european-bioplastics.org/index.php?id=151

    Bioplastics use as little as 25% of the energy used in making petro-plastic, and it's good to save energy.

    Many bioplastics are compostable at home, the best  one's for this are potato starch and blends of potato and corn starch, these are available from Stanelco in the UK, www.stanelcoplc.com this bioplastic is as strong as petro-plastic, you won't tear them or make holes in them when filling them up.

    Waste and carrier bags made in the UK from this Bioplastic are available from Comp-Bio Products at http://www.comp-bio.co.uk or made in Canada and USA by Indaco Manufacturing at http://www.indaco.ca or in several EU countries by Sphere S.A at http://www.sphere.eu or Australia/N.Z via BioPak at http://www.biopak.com.au or in the Middle East via Isracaps at http://www.isracaps.com

    Read the FAQ on bioplastics, these are the facts not the hype, rumour, or old wives tales about Bioplastic

    http://www.european-bioplastics.org/index.php?id=191On How to start composting posted 1 year, 3 months ago 7 Responses