Day Three

Today I went shopping. It was very interesting and has made me realise how hard this month is going to be. We are just so-so used to casually buying things which are packaged in all sorts of non-recyclable materials.

I asked at Unicorn if it was possible to buy some oats in a paper bag instead of plastic. They said it wasn't, but the bag the oats were in was 100% bio-degradable! So, this got me thinking:

• how long will that bag take to biodegrade?
• where should it biodegrade?
• does it need to have certain conditions so it will biodegrade quickly?
• if I put it in my compost will it biodegrade?

Hopefully I can find the answers to some of these questions. (Haven't bought the oats yet...)