Municipalities that ask residents to separate their biodegradable waste from other rubbish often end up with material that is too contaminated to be of much use .
Anaerobic digestion ( ad ) involves the breakdown of biodegradable material into a fertilizer or bio-gas that can be used to generate electricity and heat .
厌氧发酵包含分解后的可生物降解的物质,可用作发电和加热的原料或沼气。
Food for thought : bottles could be made from a membrane made using a special biodegradable plastic and food particles ( file image )
理想食物:由薄膜制成的瓶子,薄膜要用一种特殊的可生物降解塑料以及食物颗粒制作。(见上图)
Like a lot of folks , I 've got a lot on my plate without trying to make sure the dishwasher liquid is in a biodegradable container .
就象很多人一样,我在我的盘子里装了许多吃的,不去管他洗碗液是否可降解。
The french have been credited with inventing the bidet and popularising pissoirs or public urinals , and now they can add the biodegradable and portable toilet to their name .
It also has the potential to be used to make biodegradable clothing , furnishings and hygiene products such as nappies - objects which now end up mouldering for decades in rubbish dumps .
它还有潜力应用于制造可降解服装、家具和卫生用品,像尿布什么的,而这些东西现在在垃圾场要腐烂几十年。
The first trials would involve a non-biodegradable chamber , marzella said . " What we are hoping to do in the next two years is develop a biodegradable chamber so that the fat can grow inside the chamber and then the chamber will vanish naturally . "
" Certainly the same principle can be used for defects , so people that might have lost a piece of a face or the end of the nose , we are thinking we can use the same technology using a biodegradable scaffold that can then be filled with the patient 's own tissue and cells , " he said .
Throw in " functional " , " biodegradable " and assembly lines that " reinforce values of integration and respect " and you have a recipe for an object destined to appeal to today 's guilt-ridden , penny-pinching yet acquisitive and aesthetically minded consumer .