I won't tell you which to use, or how to compost them. This is just an observation of how some of the newer *greener* packaging behaves on its way to its next incarnation...
Soy deli containers: retain ther shape and transparency after 30 days in compost bin... IMO these are headed for landfill. Case calls them biodegradable. Hmph maybe.
Corn starch flatware: Soft after 30 minutes in hot food. Mushy after 30 days in compost bin. A much more likely candidate for bin composting. Less so for sheet composters...
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I tried some bowl from some gourmet (every time I hear the word gourmet I reach for my wallet) cup of noodles and the shards lasted through several no particular rush turnings so I finally chucked them.
I think the loud sun chips bag is about 8 months down on a slow cold bin. We'll see.
I'm waiting to see how the levis came out after two years in another slow cold bin. I'm slowly disgorging that one and so far the I found the bones from the squirrel and the opossum.
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I tried some bowl from some gourmet (every time I hear the word gourmet I reach for my wallet) cup of noodles and the shards lasted through several no particular rush turnings so I finally chucked them.
I think the loud sun chips bag is about 8 months down on a slow cold bin. We'll see.
I'm waiting to see how the levis came out after two years in another slow cold bin. I'm slowly disgorging that one and so far the I found the bones from the squirrel and the opossum.
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What are sun-chip bags made from? I personally don't think it's a bad thing if some things take a while to compost/biodegrade (same thing as far as I'm concerned). Look at other things like bones, eggshells, corncobs, cardboard. They take longer than many other things, but that doesn't mean they're just sitting there taking up space. If you look closely they've all loss mass with every week that goes by, true much less than other things, but still it's losing stuff (nutrients) to the compost. I think sometimes we get a little too caught up in time.
Yeah, if you're talking a LONG time to compost how 'bout those peach pits? Sometimes I swear I'm tossing the same set of peach pits back into the "newer" heap each time I start using compost. Anybody tested those suckers? I think I finally miss them and they end up mixed in a bed. I've never had one sprout, though! I guess I'm getting things hot enough most of the time.
Oh, God. Peach pits. Peanut shells. Timothy hay. Somewhere on the forum I have a list of "slow to decompose" ingredients. Yep. They're up at the top.Odd Duck wrote:Yeah, if you're talking a LONG time to compost how 'bout those peach pits? Sometimes I swear I'm tossing the same set of peach pits back into the "newer" heap each time I start using compost. Anybody tested those suckers? I think I finally miss them and they end up mixed in a bed. I've never had one sprout, though! I guess I'm getting things hot enough most of the time.
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