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UK
/bˌaɪəʊdɪɡɹˈeɪd/
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VERB
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break down naturally through the action of biological agents
Plastic bottles do not biodegrade
How To Use biodegrade In A Sentence
- Yet it will never biodegrade, a big factor for many. Times, Sunday Times
- What make it worse is that the filter of a cigarette is made from cellulose acetate, a form of plastic, so it can take many years for it to biodegrade.
- The coating biodegrades rapidly, because it is made from environmentally friendly materials.
- Plastic packaging can take more than 1,000 years to biodegrade. The Sun
- COREXIT 9500, the only dispersant Nalco is manufacturing to help break up the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, is a simple blend of six well-established, safe ingredients that biodegrade, do not bioaccumulate and are commonly found in popular household products, the company said today. The Volokh Conspiracy » Suing EPA Over Gulf Cleanup
- It will biodegrade in landfill, producing methane, contributing to global warming. Times, Sunday Times
- Another problem with plastic bags is they do not biodegrade in landfills and pose a danger to many marine mammals.
- But once the container hits the backyard compost pile or municipal landfill, it biodegrades in only a few weeks.
- Do they just float around in some form of limbo(sentence dictionary), doomed always exist and never biodegrade?
- I hate to break it to the EnviroNazies, but even THEY will 'biodegrade' one day, LOL! Latest Articles