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The use of compostable plastic packaging has exploded in recent years, but do they actually compost at home, or in our current industrial composting infrastructure? In this episode we meet Danielle Purkiss who runs The Big Compost Experiment at UCL and we find out if compostables are a the perfect substitute for plastics or not as simple as they seem.
By Climate HeroesThe use of compostable plastic packaging has exploded in recent years, but do they actually compost at home, or in our current industrial composting infrastructure? In this episode we meet Danielle Purkiss who runs The Big Compost Experiment at UCL and we find out if compostables are a the perfect substitute for plastics or not as simple as they seem.

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