biodegradable

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Bodies are wrapped in a shroud of biodegradable material such as silk or wool before being placed in a pressurised chamber with hot water and chemicals, speeding up decomposition.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Petrobras assured that the leaked fluid met "permitted toxicity limits," was biodegradable and posed no danger to the environment or public health.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Plastics labeled as biodegradable, including PLA and PBAT, released the largest amounts, reflecting their less stable chemical structures.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

Those packages, which aren’t biodegradable, also add to the plastic in our waste streams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

I even imagine that this tree was once a person, some Decker who was cremated and had asked to have their ashes packed into a biodegradable urn with a tree seed to give it life.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera