Can corn plastic be composted in our backyards just like grass and leaf trimmings?
No, because for the compositing process to work the humidity and temperature levels must be managed very strictly. Corn plastic is compostable at commercial composting facilities, and can also be incinerated or recycled at commercial facilities. Corn plastic has been developed in a manner to allow its disposal to be readily and easily accommodated by the commercial landfills, incinerators and recycling centers across our nation. Some corn plastic products such as disposable drink ware will begin to break down in approximately 50 days under commercial composting conditions. Are corn plastic products economical? The manufacture of corn plastic is a developing industry and therefore less competition meaning that there is less market pressure to lower its cost at the current time. But, the field corn varieties used to produce corn plastic are one of the world’s cheapest sources of fermentable sugar, and with the rapidly rising costs of petroleum worldwide its cost is becoming much more com
