Compostables is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Compostables meaning
plural of compostable
Using Compostables
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of compostable
Context around Compostables
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Compostables
- In this selection, "compostables" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biosourced, trash and alternatives stand out and add context to how "compostables" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include compostables will break and for biosourced compostables. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "compostables" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with compostables
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Compostables will break down more quickly when greens and browns are mixed together. (13 words)
However, “biosourced doesn’t necessarily have to be 100 percent” from natural materials, warned Christophe Doukhi de Boissoudy, president of the French association for biosourced compostables. (26 words)
When local businesses were asked what makes it difficult for them to offer reusable or compostables alternatives, 64 per cent indicated that cost is the biggest reason. (27 words)
At this collection site, trash, compostables and recyclables are evaluated, and if one bin has too many items that are not supposed to be in there, it ultimately becomes sorted as landfill waste. (33 words)
When local businesses were asked what makes it difficult for them to offer reusable or compostables alternatives, 64 per cent indicated that cost is the biggest reason. (27 words)
However, “biosourced doesn’t necessarily have to be 100 percent” from natural materials, warned Christophe Doukhi de Boissoudy, president of the French association for biosourced compostables. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
Compostables will break down more quickly when greens and browns are mixed together.
When local businesses were asked what makes it difficult for them to offer reusable or compostables alternatives, 64 per cent indicated that cost is the biggest reason.
However, “biosourced doesn’t necessarily have to be 100 percent” from natural materials, warned Christophe Doukhi de Boissoudy, president of the French association for biosourced compostables.
At this collection site, trash, compostables and recyclables are evaluated, and if one bin has too many items that are not supposed to be in there, it ultimately becomes sorted as landfill waste.