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compostable

/ kɒmˈpɒstəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being used as compost

    compostable waste

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

All the loos will be compostable.

From BBC

This includes single-use cups marketed as "biodegradable" or "compostable".

From BBC

By 2032, for example, most single-use packaging sold in California will need to be recyclable or compostable.

From Salon

They are laying out their case in comments to the Federal Trade Commission as it revises its Green Guides, documents that define how companies can use marketing labels like “recyclable” or “compostable.”

From Salon

Only one of the manufacturers whose products were chosen for the study indicated on the packaging that the teabags were not home compostable.

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