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WARNING!!!! NOT BIODEGRADABLE.....PETROLEUM BASED BAGS!!!!!!!
Their description is extremely misleading. Sure, their packaging is "green" and "recyclable", but, their bags are just like any other plastic bag. Not biodegradable for compost. It doesn't matter that their twist ties are biodegradable!!!! What is that all about!???? Who cares about twist ties.
For the sake of clarity, there are two very different types of biodegradable plastic. they are as follows:
1 - Oxo-biodegradable plastic - made from polymers such as PE (polyethylene) PP (polypropylene) and PS (Polystyrene) containing extra ingredients (NOT heavy metals) and tested according to ASTM D6954 or BS8472 or AFNOR AC T51-808 to degrade and biodegrade in the open environment.
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2 - Vegetable based plastics (also loosely knows as bio-plastics "bioplastics" or "compostable plastics") These are tested in accordance with ASTM D6400 or EN13432 to biodegrade in the special conditions found only in industrial composting or biogas facilities.
July 2015 · Unknown · verified purchase