What is biodegradable? I think this is something I feel like I know but am still a little fuzzy about so I will post about it this week. For this initial post I will begin with the definition.
The definition is: capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms).
The word was first used in 1961. It was also interesting that on the Merriam-Webster dictionary site they tell you what the word that comes before and after it is and they are - biodefense and biodeterioration.
Biodegradation can be done aerobically or anaroebically and it can also be measured in both of these ways. To measure aerobic biodegradation the amount of oxygen that microbes use or the carbon dioxide they produce is what is counted and to measure anaerobic biodegradation the amount of methane or alloy that is produced is measured.
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