http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/2010/sunchips-and-compost-72-5-out-of-100 Because natural isn't always possible -- or easy. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/2010/sunchips-and-compost-72-5-out-of-100/comment-page-1#comment-6818 Amateur Scientist Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:31:26 +0000 http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/?p=1213#comment-6818 I did my middle school science experiment on this recently. After 12 weeks in an active compost bin very little changed. 4 of the bags had large rips, but they were very uniform and seemed like they were mechanically caused, possibly they got stuck on something while the bin was turned. For contrast, the paper bags decomposed almost completely in 6 weeks, and the regular plastic and tostitos bag did nothing. Good try, but 136 degrees is completely unrealistic for home composting. I did my middle school science experiment on this recently. After 12 weeks in an active compost bin very little changed. 4 of the bags had large rips, but they were very uniform and seemed like they were mechanically caused, possibly they got stuck on something while the bin was turned. For contrast, the paper bags decomposed almost completely in 6 weeks, and the regular plastic and tostitos bag did nothing. Good try, but 136 degrees is completely unrealistic for home composting.

]]> http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/2010/sunchips-and-compost-72-5-out-of-100/comment-page-1#comment-972 Nursing Online Fri, 28 May 2010 03:47:29 +0000 http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/?p=1213#comment-972 Sweet! Keep it up! Sweet! Keep it up!

]]> http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/2010/sunchips-and-compost-72-5-out-of-100/comment-page-1#comment-379 SunChips Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:18:23 +0000 http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/?p=1213#comment-379 Karen, thanks for your support of the new SunChips compostable bag. We understand your concerns and are working with a number of partners this year to create educational materials around composting. If you’d like more information about composting, please visit www.sunchips.com and stay tuned for some composting partnership announcements in the next few months. Karen, thanks for your support of the new SunChips compostable bag. We understand your concerns and are working with a number of partners this year to create educational materials around composting. If you’d like more information about composting, please visit http://www.sunchips.com and stay tuned for some composting partnership announcements in the next few months.

]]> http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/2010/sunchips-and-compost-72-5-out-of-100/comment-page-1#comment-359 susan delg Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:24:02 +0000 http://naturalaspossiblemom.com/?p=1213#comment-359 Composting is one of the things that we've been doing for years. If I find a banana peel in the trash can, I get all huffy and walk around the house with it until I make my point: COMPOST PEOPLE! I'll do the experiment with the next Sun Chips bag to enter my house, and see if it breaks down in my compost pile. I'd be so excited if it did! Composting is one of the things that we’ve been doing for years. If I find a banana peel in the trash can, I get all huffy and walk around the house with it until I make my point: COMPOST PEOPLE! I’ll do the experiment with the next Sun Chips bag to enter my house, and see if it breaks down in my compost pile. I’d be so excited if it did!

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