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Great information, thanks for it! What do you mean about the compost being 'contaminated' though? Is that due to a breakdown product of the plastic, or are yo
by otakucode 8y ago
Great information, thanks for it! What do you mean about the compost being 'contaminated' though? Is that due to a breakdown product of the plastic, or are you speaking on an industrial scale where the compost is going to be used for something which can't contain any plastic for some reason? I'm just thinking if I had a compost bin at my house and one plastic spoon got into it, I would expect the compost to still be usable and I'd probably just pick it out when going to use the compost as fertilizer.
- Steve44 8y agoIn your compost heap a plastic fork isn’t going to make much difference. In commercial composting, where it is sold on to farmers etc., I’m fairly sure there will be a specification as it’ll need to run through their spraying systems and a plastic fork or piece of bag/film could inhibit that. There is also the issue of partially degraded micro-plastics which are then spread across the field and potentially getting into the food chain.