60 Percent of Home-Compostable Plastics Don’t Fully Break Down, Ending Up in Our Soil

Home-compostable plastics don't necessarily break down completely.

In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60 percent of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. (Image: bigcompostexperiment.org.uk)