What is the difference between biodegradable plates and utensils and compostable meals

Compostable materials are biodegradable plates and utensils made using fungi, bacteria, animal protein and other organisms that naturally decompose over time into nutritious, agriculturally useful fertilizers.
 

There are currently two types of compostable materials - Home Compostable and Industrial Compostable. Household composting materials are those that can degrade at ambient temperatures along with food scraps, grass clippings, leaves or other organic materials.
 

The certification standards for household composting materials are very strict, they must degrade physically within 6 months, and biodegradable plates and utensils and form composting chemical decomposition within 12 months to be certified as household compost.
 

Industrial composting materials require higher temperatures and certain standard levels of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen to degrade, though they break down faster. Additionally, industrial composting materials are certified to biodegrade and form compost within 180 days.
 

Biodegradable materials refer to the use of biodegradation technology, so that materials can be metabolized into natural substances (water, methane) by microorganisms in soil or water without external intervention.
 

Buried biodegradable materials that can be certified must be anaerobic, or anaerobic. To meet the criteria for marine biodegradation, the material must physically decompose within 3 months and biodegrade within 6 months in water.
 

There are also several key differences between compostable and biodegradable materials - compostable materials cannot be degraded anaerobic like landfill biodegradable materials, nor can they degrade in water like marine biodegradable materials; Likewise, biodegradable materials cannot be composted due to their different decomposing environments.
 

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