If Coca-Cola were to produce biodegradable packaging for their plastic bottles and if it’s true that biodegradable plastic decomposes in 3 to 6 months, how would Coca-Cola make they products last on store shelves and warehouses?

Question

Surely there’s something I’m not understanding in the concept of biodegradation.

In: Biology

Answer 1

“Decomposes in 3-6 months” is under appropriate conditions: warm, moist inside and out, and inoculated with suitable microbes.

But you’re not wrong in thinking that drinks containers are not ideal candidates for compostable containers: usually, the thing that keeps materials like paper from rotting away is that we can keep it dry; Coca-Cola is inherently wet.