• GreatAlbatrossA
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    10 months ago

    Yorkshire use plant based PLA to stick the bags together.
    Thought I’m not sure what the impact of this is.

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      10 months ago

      PLA’s a bio-plastic that, while technically biodegradable, will only break down under very specific industrial composting conditions - we’re talking heat above 55-70°C, and in the presence of microorganisms. It’s a lot better than fossil-fuel plastics, but it’s still not great.

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        10 months ago

        Lucky my local council incinerates the food waste in that case 🙃