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But some companies would like to expand their degradable lines.

Then you can have a rough idea of the ones that are more or less degradable.

Perhaps the time has come to place a disposal tax on all items that are not degradable.

But really, the only degradable part is the one eaten by the bacteria.

I was given bio degradable bags 35 years ago from my whole food shop!

Although degradable plastics may take over some uses, the interest in recycling remains high.

There are two major types of degradable plastic materials.

Degradable bags need to be kept separate from the normal recycling stream.

Degradable plastics were developed in response to the litter, not the landfill, problem.

"It has a tremendous pollution factor because it's not fully degradable.

Degradable versions therefore include proteins that are broken down by specialized cells.

Bags can also be made from degradable polyethylene film.

In recent months, more products labeled degradable have cropped up on grocery shelves.

In December, several advocacy groups called for a nationwide boycott of products that claim to be degradable.

Entrepreneurial manufacturers are sure to respond with a larger variety of degradable packaging if the market is there.

More supermarkets are using degradable plastic grocery bags, too.

The degradable nature of any implant means that their shape and thus mechanical properties will change through its lifetime.

Degradable glue is used for the largest wounds.

Making plastics degradable, these skeptics say, will make them unfit for recycling.

Producers of degradable products defend them as at least a partial answer to garbage and litter problems.

The makers of Hefty bags have announced they will withdraw the "degradable" claim.

So it's a resounding yes, bring your socks and bio- degradable soap.

Any organic and degradable material consumes oxygen as it decomposes.

Next, you create scaffolding in the knee with synthetic materials like degradable plastics.

Eleven states now require that six-pack rings be degradable.