compostable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Sustainability may be the next trend: Recyclable buckets and compostable bags are on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Electricity is provided from solar panels, while the toilet is compostable and located in a shack outside, where a donkey, horse, dogs, cats, chickens and ducks roam a clearing among the trees.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Nearby, Lyness opened a neighbor’s green bin, which was filled to the brim with trash that wasn’t compostable and should have gone in a black bin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2025
That’s because California is moving toward a new waste management regime which, by 2032, will require all single-use plastic packaging products sold in the state to be either recyclable or compostable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
During summer these generate large quantities of compostable straw after the seed is thrashed.
From Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon
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