composting PLA

[neep]

I am looking at an ever-increasing pile of failed PLA prints and don’t know what to do with it. Local recycling companies won’t take it because it’s not “commercial grade PLA”. Someone in Germany offered I send it over for recycling, and I may do this, but it seems not a very low-carbon-footprint method, or at least not something I would want to keep doing in future. (I am in Amsterdam).

I read stories of how PLA is supposed to be bio-degradable, but not a single story of someone who has actually successfully done this (for 3D printing PLA).

Anyone here composting PLA?

[Joseph_Romano]

This may help:

http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/05/28/is-recycling-pla-really-better-than-composting/

[3dprintingguy]

ive read that you need moisture and heat! and quite a bit of it

[neep]

I found and read that article already. It’s theoretical, like everything else I found on the web. The question was is anyone actually doing it? Please speak up if you know or have experience.

[neep]

that’s true for ANY composting. Question was, is anyone actually doing this, and if the cost of the heat is actually cost-effective.