{"term":{"id":"09597","title":"composting","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - composting","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.09597","code":"09597","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Process of biological decomposition of organic matter performed by microorganisms, mostly bacteria and fungi.","notes":{"1":"Lactic acid-based polyesters can be composted industrially provided that they are first hydrolytically degraded at a temperature above the glass transition temperature \\(T_{\\rm{g}}\\), otherwise degradation is very slow.","2":"Packaging made of semi-crystalline lactic acid-based polyesters may not be compostable in a home compost bin."},"sources":["PAC, 2020, 92, 193. 'Nomenclature and terminology for linear lactic acid-based polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 207 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2017-1007)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09597\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09597\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09597\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'composting' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.09597","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-09T06:57:34+00:00"}}