Comment on I'm doing my part
turdas@suppo.fi 4 hours agoI believe they increasingly use PLA which is a bioplastic. But yeah it used to be, and in many cases likely still is, polyethylene which is an oil product.
Comment on I'm doing my part
turdas@suppo.fi 4 hours agoI believe they increasingly use PLA which is a bioplastic. But yeah it used to be, and in many cases likely still is, polyethylene which is an oil product.
Axiochus@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
PLA is not compostable or anything of the sort. So honestly it’s more of a “this plastic could be recycled, given that it’s sorted out from the other plastic, and given financial viability”.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
PLA very much is compostable, but only in composting facilities designed to handle bioplastics (and additives like pigments likely aren’t compostable).
Axiochus@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Fair, I mean that it’s not compostable in home compost environments.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yeah, unfortunately without some true dedication home composters do not have enough fuel (or material balance) to hit the temps required to compost PLA. It works great if you’ve got a hot composter, if you’re interested in the DIY side of things, but generally you need several households worth of input (or as in my area, a community garden with shared composting) to be able to reliably decompose PLA.
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
Not nearly as compostable as PHA though!