Degradation of P(3HB-3HV) in aerobic sewage sludge. Bottles made of P(3HB-3HV) were incubated during the summer (average temperature, 20°C) in aerobic sewage sludge. The progress of degradation is demonstrated with bottles that have been subjected to this treatment for 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 weeks (from left to right). Photograph courtesy of Dieter Jendrossek, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany.