Pronunciation: [bahy-oh-di-grey-duh-buhl] – adjective.
Definition: capable of decaying through the action of living
organisms.
"Of all the environmental buzzwords, "biodegradable" has perhaps
been the most misused and is perhaps the most difficult to
understand. Because in the past there have been no guidelines or
regulations, many products have called themselves biodegradable
without any real justification. Unfortunately, the word
biodegradable has frequently been applied to products that
generally aren't (such as detergents or plastics) and almost never
used for products that really are . . .
“Sustainable disposal of any product requires that its wastes
return to the earth and are able to biodegrade. Nature biodegrades
everything it makes back into basic building blocks, so that new
living things can be made from the old. Every resource made by
nature returns to nature-plants and animals biodegrade, even raw
crude oil will degrade when exposed to water, air, and the
necessary salts. Nature has perfected this system-we just need to
learn how to participate in it.." - Source: WorldWise, Inc.
