Questions tagged [biodegradable-waste]
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What is the difference between biodegradable and compostable plastic?
I read this and still don't fully understand the difference. Which decomposes faster? Do they mean biodegradables don't need "certain" conditions so they are good to go into a bin (or a hole ...
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How long does it take for different types of textiles to decompose in a landfill?
I've looked through the first five pages of Scholar search results to my request "landfill decomposition of textiles cotton" and found zero useful information. Is there any scientific ...
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Biodegradable Food Packging
I am trying to figure out an application for a biodegradable packaging material a found out about. It is made from old or used potatoes or corn starch. I was thinking of using it in Pizza boxes to ...
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Throwing organic waste on the ground
Here is a situation I often find myself in. I’m in a park (trees, grass, etc), I’m feeding a fruit to my kid.
At the end when I’m left with the peel (or seed or whatever is the waste), I look at the ...
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Did any country, city, or village implement a coffee separate collection with success?
Coffee is a wide produced and consumed drinking all around the world.
After the use, exhausted coffee filters (wet coffee powder) are a very nutrient fertilizer.
This brought some people to collect ...
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Which materials dumped into landfills are the largest sources of methane?
Recent research has shown that landfills (garbage dumps) can be major emitters of methane.
The largest methane emitters in California are a subset of landfills, which exhibit persistent anomalous ...
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How could I use egg yolk from boiled eggs?
Both my wife and I avoid eating yolk (as much as possible). I know I can find some uses for raw yolk but I am not sure if the yolk from boiled eggs can be put to good use, other than forms that ...
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What are the uses of bones from the different animals bred industrially?
The food industry grows animals for meat, but some parts cannot be sold for human consumption.
What is the final use of bones from the different animals grown industrially? pigs, beef, poultry etc.
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Bacterial digestion of leaves
Is it possible to subject plant leaves to bacterial digestion to harness methane production therefrom. Is so what are the limitations.
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Which is best for dealing with food waste -- composting or a biogas digester?
Let's say I have the option to send my food scraps to either a composting site, or a biogas digester. Both are industrial scale, following best practices.
The output from each is high quality and ...
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How do I setup a relevant waste biodegradation experiment?
Every here and there I hear sayings like "plastic is bad, because it only degrades in hundreds/thousands/gazillion years, while paper is much better because it degrades fast" which are followed by ...
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Is flushing dog faeces down the lavatory better than bagging and binning them?
I have taken to collecting our dog’s fæces in lavatory paper and flushing them rather than using the little plastic bags one can buy for the purpose and putting those in the (non-recycling) rubbish ...
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Pure Plastic vs Biodegradable Plastic
I've been reading around (here, here, here and here) and I can't really find an answer to this question: is it better to throw, for example, dog poop, inside a pure plastic bag or use biodegradable ...
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Sustainability of waste incineration vs biofuel/biogas?
Should I encourage my neighbors to send their food waste to a biogas plant instead of the current incineration facility? I have Googled around and it does not seem like it is clear that it is better ...
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Is it better to dispose of food scraps with a garbage disposal unit or into the garbage?
Obviously it is best to compost food scraps, but that is not always an option.
A recent ABC news article claimed that food scraps were contributing to 'fatbergs' in Brisbane's sewage system. I've ...
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Is there any harm in not sorting biowaste?
I mix biowaste with mixed waste (ends up to a landfill). In my household the amount of produced biowaste is minimal, mostly consisting of leftover pasta and fruit & vegetable peels. Will I cause ...
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How to recycle disintegrated plastic bags, without negatively impacting the environment?
We've just gotten some old books out of the loft, and it appears the plastic bags they were in have disintegrated/biodegraded.
What is the most environmentally friendly way to dispose of them?
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Organic natural sustainable alternatives to commercial Hair Styling products; clay, wax, pomade, mousse, gel?
I am looking for organic natural materials & receipes for Hair clay, wax, pomade, mousse, gel for hair styling, not shampoo. If there are some examples please point me to them.
Any that can be ...
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biodegradable hair gel? [closed]
I'll be spending a month this summer on a mountain in an earth-friendly community. In their welcoming documents it says: [we] will provide bio-degradable soap, shampoo and lotion. When packing any ...
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Biodegradable paint for short term use
I attended a protest against the TPPA today and found myself wondering about what biodegradable paint might work nicely for short term use, such as for a cardboard placard. A similar use for such ...
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Are there companies that have a system for capturing methane from a city's sewer system?
Each city must have a sanitary sewer system and there are thousands of households in a city. So we will have a lot of methane generated from these sanitary sewer systems which can be utilised.
So is ...
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Why do we think of biodegradable plastic as recycled and sustainable?
I look at the questions here and see what is taught to us by the mainstream propaganda: non-degradable plastic is unsustainable and, thus, we must prefer the biodegradable one. But let us consider the ...
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How can I tell biodegradable plastic bags apart from non-biodegradable?
I keep a lot of my stuff organized in normal disposable plastic bags I have left after shopping at various markets. And it works fine, except after a couple years I often find a bag in shreds, simply ...
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Additional load of using kitchen sink waste disposal units on municipal wastewater treatment
Organic (in the generally-from-an-organism sense of the word) waste can be difficult to dispose of from dwellings with no outdoor space for composting, and (in New Zealand, at least) it is not ...
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Can you vermicompost biodegradable plastics?
I'm looking for a way to recycle biodegradable plastics myself and I was thinking about putting them in my wormery. Does anyone have experience with vermicomposting biodegradable plastics? Is it safe ...
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