Category: Biodegradation & Composting
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CVWMA expands food scrap composting efforts
https://www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/18/cvwma-expand-food-scrap-composting
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Anaerobic co-digestion of HDPE plastics with fruit and vegetable waste: Insights into partial biodegradation and organic waste valorization
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653525006848
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As compost program launches, squirrels have already eaten holes in this Windsor green bin
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/squirrel-eats-into-windsor-green-bin-9.6945893
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Soil fungus and calcium team up to break down bioplastics faster (National Taiwan University)
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-soil-fungus-calcium-team-bioplastics.html
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New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling
https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/10/10/new-method-uses-collisions-break-down-plastic-sustainable-recycling
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Kennebunkport launches pilot composting program to cut waste
https://eu.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2025/10/04/kennebunkport-launches-pilot-composting-program-to-cut-waste/86495677007
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Closed Loop to bribe composters to accept compostable plastics
Compostable plastics will become a major source of toxic microplastics in the US food chain.
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A review on the biodegradation of textiles in the environment
Linkedin More https://academic.oup.com/etc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf229/8254428
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Industry buys composting infrastructure to contaminate US food chain with microplastics
My dear American friends, the plastic industry wants you to eat plastic.
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Research team invents plastic material that completely transforms when exposed to light
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/research-team-invents-plastic-material-053000168.html https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202506733
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Chattanooga announces partnership for curbside composting and glass pick-up
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/sep/06/chattanooga-announces-partnership-for-curbside
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Evaluation of the impact of polylactide microparticles on soil biota
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40887507
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Denver could soon require lots more composting. Who will get their hands dirty?
https://denverite.com/2025/08/15/denver-new-composting-rules-waste-no-more
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Composting 101: What You Can and Can’t Throw Into Your Compost Bin
https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/composting-101-what-you-can-cant-throw-compost-bin
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LAHB: New bioplastic can lose 80% of its mass after 13 months
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-lahb-bioplastic-mass-months.html
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Why I No Longer Compost-And Why You May Want To Stop
Read https://www.newsbreak.com/24-7-food-recipes-318752653/4104984850898-why-i-no-longer-compost-and-why-you-may-want-to-stop
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EUBP Position paper on anaerobic digestion
Here’s a picture of people responsible for microplastics in our foodchain.
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Compostable Plastics will destroy the composting industry according to composters
Compostabe plastic are set to destroy the organic compost industry. Some chemical companies such as BASF and ENI want us to eat plastic. The OK compost certifications are a fraud. The European Commission and the California lawmakers are complicit in this scam.
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Breaking Down Compostable Bags (FREE)
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions — This is a FREE article
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Nanoplastics in Soil: How Soil Type and pH Influence Mobility (FREE)
Read Nanoplastics in Soil: How Soil Type and pH Influence Mobility
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As NY Curbside Composting Breaks Yet Another Record, City Announces New Compost Bin Size Available for Purchase
Read As Curbside Composting Breaks Yet Another Record, City Announces New Compost Bin Size Available for Purchase
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Composting partnership establishes grant program for US food pack processing
Distributing grants is not a sustainable solution; it means that the business model is not sound to survive on market mechanisms alone.
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BPI Launches Composting Microgrants to Support Food Scrap Programs and Compostable Products
In my opinion, BPI is a not an independent organisation: it is too close to the compostable plastics industry and it is not transparent towards independent media. A perfect example of connivance.
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Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research
Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research — The bioplastic industry was built on unfair commercial practices. A combination of aggressive lobbying, misappropriation of EU funds and ostracising the competition and independent media. To undo the bad karma, we must…
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Study identifies fungus that breaks down ocean plastic
Study identifies fungus that breaks down ocean plastic
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Study suggests PLA teabags don’t biodegrade and are toxic for terrestrial species (Video)
Study suggests PLA teabags don’t biodegrade and are toxic for terrestrial species
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South Australia advances composting with new research
South Australia advances composting with new research
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Does Compostable Packaging Actually Break Down? Composting Consortium Reveals Groundbreaking Findings from Largest Field Test in North America
Does Compostable Packaging Actually Break Down? Composting Consortium Reveals Groundbreaking Findings from Largest Field Test in North America
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The role of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in enhancing the hydrolysis and thermal stability of PLA
The role of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in enhancing the hydrolysis and thermal stability of PLA
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Mature compost promotes biodegradable plastic degradation and reduces greenhouse gas emission during food waste composting
Mature compost promotes biodegradable plastic degradation and reduces greenhouse gas emission during food waste composting
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Fungal biodegradation of PBAT-PLA-TPS film
Fungal biodegradation of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)-polylactic acid-thermoplastic starch based commercial bio-plastic film at ambient conditions
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Promising environmental degradation of PISOX polyesters
Promising environmental degradation of PISOX polyesters
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How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
How BPI’s petition to the USDA will support the growth of composting infrastructure
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The US Composting Industry Has a Plastics Problem
The study explored the role of conventional plastics and compostable plastic packaging in compost contamination.
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Eco-Products Launches Veridian™ Line to Address Composter Contamination Challenges (FREE)
First-of-its-kind collection of cups, lids, cutlery and containers aligns with new labeling rules in Washington state and Colorado. This is a FREE article
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Identification of the bacterial community that degrades phenanthrene sorbed to polystyrene nanoplastics using DNA-based stable isotope probing
Identification of the bacterial community that degrades phenanthrene sorbed to polystyrene nanoplastics using DNA-based stable isotope probing
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Application of MicroResp™ for quick and easy detection of plastic degradation by marine bacterial isolates
Application of MicroResp™ for quick and easy detection of plastic degradation by marine bacterial isolates
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Northwestern University develops catalyst that degrades Nylon in minuites
Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst. Fishing nets, carpet, clothing break down without leaving harmful byproducts behind
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How restaurants can benefit from composting?
Multiple studies have shown that the use of compostables in food packaging is highly desired by consumers.
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University of Colorado Boulder says no to compostable plastic packaging
Colorado Compost Guidelines Are Changing
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Insect microbes face off against the plastic pollution crisis
Plastic-eating enzymes in the guts of mealworms are one of many bug-centric ideas being studied, but environmentalists say it dodges the real solution: use less
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Making plastics biodegradable by UV-light (WUR)
Although efforts to improve the collection and recycling of plastics to achieve a circular economy are increasing significantly, some (synthetic) materials will eventually always end up in the environment due to e.g. littering, weathering and abrasion.
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Sustainable production and degradation of plastics using microbes (South Korea)
Eco-friendly technologies for plastic production and biodegradation?
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US Senator call for National Composting Strategy
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and co-chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus, today called for a national composting strategy to help reduce food waste in landfills.
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Could bacteria and fungi solve plastic waste crisis? (Washington Post)
One solution to the plastic crisis may lie in bugs’ bellies
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Feasibility of anaerobic co-digestion of biodegradable plastics with food waste, investigation of microbial diversity and digestate phytotoxicity
The effects of biodegradable plastics of different thicknesses (30 and 40 μm) and sizes (20 × 20, 2 × 2, and 1 × 1 mm) on anaerobic digestion of food waste and digestate phytotoxicity were investigated.
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Eco-Products Unveils New Program to Help Prevent Contamination in Compost Streams (FREE)
CIRC program will verify that foodservice operators have taken key steps to avoid sending non-compostable items to composters. This is a FREE article
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Brooklyn Goes Composting
Sanitation workers will now pick up compost items from residents in Brooklyn who separate their food scraps and yard waste from the trash as part of a citywide composting program that will become mandatory in 2025.
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Recology points to organics diversion in sustainability report
Recology Sustainability Report: 1.3 Million Tons Diverted from Landfills, Multiple Advancements to Help Address Climate Change
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New deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
An archaeal lid-containing feruloyl esterase degrades polyethylene terephthalate
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The Atlantic on Biological Recycling
Article by The Atlantic on Biological Recycling — Biological Recycling is an option that should be looked at …. again; but there’s a lack of transparency and that’s never a good thing
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CJ Blossom Park Achieves TÜV SÜD Lab Accreditation, Streamlining Biodegradability Testing (FREE)
Certification will reduce time, costs involved with certifying CJ Biomaterials polyhydroxyalkanoate-based solutions. This is a FREE article
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Some Bioplastics Companies are destroying the composting business (FREE)
You may believe that bioplastics companies are the friends of the composters but this is not the case. In fact, they’re killing their business. This is a FREE article.
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Large-scale omics dataset of polymer degradation provides robust interpretation for microbial niche and succession on different plastisphere
While biodegradable polymers have received increased attention due to the recent marine plastic problem, few studies have compared microbiomes and their degradation processes among biodegradable polymers.
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What is plastics biodegradation by Aimplas
Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be degraded by the action of microorganisms existing naturally in the environment such as bacteria, fungi, or algae.
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French Industrial Composting Test
This is the type of “tests” that are needed. Looking at the partners of this project, one could doubt about its independence. A missed opportunity I think
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Chipotle and the Composting Challenge
Chipotle is increasing composting across its more than 3,200 restaurants, with waste reduction one of the goals that executive compensation bonuses are based on.
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