Biodegradable waste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Compostable Electronics to Hit the Shelves in Three Years https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:42:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56538 German scientists claim to have found the key to tackling the problem with ever-so-growing amounts of electronic waste- biodegradable, compostable electronics. I doubt a decade ago anyone could have predicted this incredible boom on the market for electronics. The competition between the big tech giants to develop the bigger and better smartphone, or the next […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/compostable-electronics-buy/feed/ 0 56538 Biodegradable Trash Not Good For The Environment, Scientists Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biodegradable-methane-pollution-20110602/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biodegradable-methane-pollution-20110602/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:25:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18937 Everyone knows that biodegradable products are the best for the environment, and just because they disintegrate quickly they aren't a threat to anything... it seems not. Not that non-biodegradable materials are any better, but a recent study from North Carolina State University says biodegradable products are responsible for high methane emissions, a gas whose greenhouse effects are much more potent than those of CO2.

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