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Cry_of_lord_buddha Posted 18 years ago
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biodegradable plastic beverage
One variety of partially biodegradable plastic beverage container is manufactured from small bits of plastic bound together by a degradable bonding agent such as cornstarch. Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded.
what this sentence means ?
Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded
more specifically:
...leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded..." means ?
what this sentence means ?
Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded
more specifically:
...leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded..." means ?
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Cry_of_lord_buddha Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded Hi, The whole sentence is basically saying that these supposed " biodegradable containers " are as pollutant as the non-biodegradable ones. In fact, the only biodegradable part is the bonding agent (cornstarch), which keeps together small bits of plastic (which cannot be degraded by biological agents, so are non bio-degradable). g.
- Cry_of_lord_buddha Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discarded Hi, The whole sentence is basically saying that these supposed " biodegradable containers " are as pollutant as the non-biodegradable ones.
- In fact, the only biodegradable part is the bonding agent (cornstarch), which keeps together small bits of plastic (which cannot be degraded by biological agents, so are non bio-degradable).
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- same size, weight etc) non-biodegradable ones, so when we discard one of these, we are throwing away about the same (" no less ") amount of plastic we would dispose of if we were discarding a non-biodegradable container.
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Cry_of_lord_buddhaSince only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable nonbiodegradable containers are discardedHi,
The whole sentence is basically saying that these supposed "biodegradable containers" are as pollutant a
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