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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 17, 2017
9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Problems in Environmental Protection and Engineering EKO-DOK 2017
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| Article Number | 00066 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171700066 | |
| Published online | 24 May 2017 | |
Preliminary assessment of the possibility of supporting the decomposition of biodegradable packaging
Opole University, Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, ul. Kominka 6A, 45-032 Opole, Poland
* Corresponding author: lniekras@wp.pl
This article presents a preliminary evaluation of the possibility of using grass biomass from a sports field as a compost ingredient which positively affects the degree of decomposition of the biodegradable wrappings. For 5 months the biodegradable bags were stored, both empty and filled with organic waste in the heap of grass clippings. After that period, fragments of the bags were observed under the microscope and then assessed the state of their decomposition. The results indicate that the biomass used favourably affected the process of bag degradation, however the speed of decomposition of the empty bags was quicker than the bags filled with the organic waste.
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