Table 4.

Weight of washed and dried pieces of plastic bag after compost degradation. The weight of pieces prior to burial was approximately 38 mg.

Compost	Day 3	Day 10	Day 30	Weight Loss, %
Nontreated	31 ± 2 mg	22 ± 1 mg	22 ± 1 mg	42
Heat-pretreated	29 ± 1 mg	25 ± 2 mg	20 ± 1 mg	47
Bioaugmented	23 ± 1 mg	22 ± 1 mg	19 ± 1 mg	50