Ahhhh, the weather broke… kind of. I went out on the balcony for the first time since the Fall and checked out the garbage bag, it was stuck to the deck a little bit.
Back in November, I opened this bag the first time around and the material was definitely breaking down in there, but it wasn’t finished. I wanted to give it another six months and take a peek, so when May comes around we’ll see how it went through the winter months, and if the cold had a serious effect on the process.
An aside: I was collecting the last of the leaves off my street yesterday to use for my next compost pile, and I decided to try a biodegradable garbage bag since I had some different ones lying around. What a disaster! I was only able to fill it halfway before the bottom fell out. While I would love to support using bioplastics in some applications, they don’t make sense if you’re performing a heavy duty task…like filling a bag halfway with dry leaves. Maybe the bag was really old.
Anyway, garbage bag opening ceremony in another 6 weeks…