Are "Biodegradable" Products Environmentally Safe?
Friday December 2, 2005
Many products claim to be biodegradable, but what does that label actually mean? With no legal definition for the term and no clear standards for enforcement, consumers have no guarantee that "biodegradable" products are good for the environment. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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I saw this website so it seems that there is an attempt to bring the label “biodegradable” under a common name with a set of standards.
http://www.bpiworld.org/
Here’s the website I mentioned previously