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
“At the end of the day, a product isn’t recyclable if it doesn’t get recycled, and it isn’t compostable if it doesn’t get composted. Deception is never in the public interest,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 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
It also requires that the remainder of single-use plastic packaging and foodware items still being sold and marketed are 100% compostable or recyclable.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
During summer these generate large quantities of compostable straw after the seed is thrashed.
From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve
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