您使用的拾便袋会消失吗？Waste Leaves No Trace! Compostable Poop Bags

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最大的环境问题莫非就是塑料垃圾，而我们一直在努力研究及寻找解决方案。许多人已经开始改用可重复使用的袋子，以减少一次性塑料垃圾的产生。即便如此，您有没有考虑过捡狗屎时使用的袋子？

根据《2021年中国宠物行业白皮书》显示，中国城镇家庭养育宠物狗的数量已达到5429万只，您能想象每天宠物主人需要使用多少个拾便袋。当这些塑料袋扔进垃圾箱时，需要 500 多年才能在垃圾填埋场分解。

Plastic waste is undoubtedly one of the biggest environmental problems we all are trying to find a solution for. At the very least, many of us have switched to reusable grocery bags to reduce single-use plastic waste. Even so, have you considered the plastic being used when picking up your dog’s poop?

According to the 2021 White Paper on China’s Pet Consumption Trends, the number of pet dogs raised by urban households in China has reached 54.29 million. You can only imagine how much plastic poop bags are used by pet owners daily. When tossed into the trash, a single plastic bag can take more than 500 years to decompose in a landfill.

并非所有可降解的袋子都是可堆肥的。它们通常仍然是含有添加剂的塑料袋，随着时间的推移，这些添加剂会将塑料分解成更小的塑料碎片，这些碎片需要几十年才能消失。

可堆肥的袋子是由植物材料制成，在商业堆肥过程中分解成无毒成分。ASTM 将 “可堆肥” 定义为在堆肥过程中通过生物过程降解以与其他可堆肥材料一致的速率产生 CO2、水、无机化合物和生物质且不留下可见、可区分或有毒残留物的任何物质。

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Not all biodegradable bags are compostable. They are often still plastic bags that have additives that over time will break the plastic down into smaller pieces which take many decades to disappear.

Compostable bags are made of plant materials and break down during the commercial composting process into NON TOXIC components. The ASTM defines “compostable” as anything that undergoes degradation by biological processes during composting to yield CO2, water, inorganic compounds and biomass at a rate consistent with other compostable materials and leaves no visible, distinguishable or toxic residue.

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials