{"id":6809,"date":"2011-05-02T03:03:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2011-05-02T03:03:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:03:50","slug":"are-sunchips-bags-really-biodegradable-sunchips-own-facebook-page-discussions-raise-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/are-sunchips-bags-really-biodegradable-sunchips-own-facebook-page-discussions-raise-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Are SunChips Bags Really Biodegradable? SunChips Facebook Discussions Raise the Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Saturday, I posted<\/a> about SunChips’ new, quieter biodegradable bag. As I was poking around, looking to see what other people were saying about it, I stumbled upon the discussions pages on SunChips’ Facebook page. One of them caught my eye \u2014 “Are you composting SunChips bags<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

SunChips bags are promoted as being biodegradable in a “hot, active compost pile.” One SunChips fan wanted to know \u2014 had anyone tried to actually compost these bags?<\/p>\n

As IE readers know, I started my own experiment with the original bags last year. Other than getting dirtier, there was no decomposition in my not-so-hot, not-so-active backyard compost pile. But I discovered from this discussion, other people were trying it, too, from serious composters to teachers trying experiments with their student classes.\u00a0 Apparently, they had no more success than I had. This discussion went back over a year, so these people had been at it awhile.<\/p>\n

In fact, one poster wrote:<\/p>\n

These bags are really NOT biodegradable. In fact, we have had the chip bags in our compost for more than 6 months and have not seen ANY changes in mass, degradation, decomposition…ANYTHING. I have pictures of the bags after I’ve fished them out of the compost bin; which we turn daily, add water and soil to regularly, and even add manure to quite often…NO change whatsoever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I read on. Here’s what the discussion revealed:<\/p>\n