The Disappearing Act: Month 1

When I found out Medical Arts Press is going to offer degradable plastic bags, I was instantly fascinated.  These bags are supposed to degrade after approximately one year.  The plastic will become brittle and quickly disintegrate into brittle flakes, which do not create methane in landfills.  To me, it sounds too good to be true so I have decided to conduct an experiment to monitor the degradation process of these bags.  I have three samples of the degradable plastic bag.

• Sample 1 sits at my desk.

• Sample 2 is periodically being used.

• Sample 3 is on the roof of our building weathering the elements

Each month I will be posting new pictures of the bags and updating their status in the degradation process.   Together we will watch these bags disappear.

                                                                                              -Mary Kuhn
                                                                                               Product Team Specialist