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Does ‘compostable’ plastic actually break down? Here’s what to know. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I put a “compostable” plastic cup in my home composter once and watched it go round and round through the thing over and over again for years, still virginal in its plastic cup shape with everything else decaying around it into dirt

I have no way of knowing whether my composter was unable to achieve the right conditions or the claim was just a bunch of shit, but I know which is my feeling