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Damn, one userwrote.
I was looking forward to occasionally composting plates.
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All that junk was jeopardizing the quality of A1s finished compost.
Even then, certified-compostable products may only break down in certain facilities operating under specific conditions.
Other times, the contamination is a result of carelessness.
A1 was by no means the first composter to confront these challenges.
Nor was it the first in the U.S. to react by moving away from compostable consumer goods altogether.
Thesame thing happened in 2019with one of Oregons largest composters.
Her company does take compostable consumer goods.
I was pulling them out of my pile a year later, she said.
We need to continue to remind everyone that we have to emphasize reusables first and foremost.
And they were asking composting facilities to deal with the resulting waste.
This is a problem because compostable packaging doesnt make good compost; food waste does.
The solution isnt just more single-use items, Clinton Sander, A1 Organics marketing manager, told Grist.
Other experts have raised concerns abouttoxic chemicals used in compostable products, or incomplete degradation of supposedly compostable materials.
All of these factors can compromise the finished composts sale price because of a perceived drop in its quality.
This article originally appeared inGristathttps://grist.org/regulation/colorado-tries-to-get-the-plastic-forks-out-their-compost/.
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