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Compostable chip bags (like SunChips)..
I guess now I am feeling pessimistic about them. Most people aren't going to compost them, and the majority of cities don't have municipal composting. So they'll probably just go in the landfill anyway and almost never decompose 
Is it a waste for companies to even bother? Do you think they do it a lot in part for their image? (I know SunChips also uses a lot of wind energy too, so at least they have a more holistic view of conservation).
NOT saying it's a total loss, but it's sad so much effort goes to waste.
Re: Compostable chip bags (like SunChips)..
I have to check on mine tomorrow (week 9 of 14). At week 2 there was no change the one in the composter and a bit of change the one I put right in the ground.
On their website they say that they won't break down in the landfill. I doubt most people will even think about that. They will think 'of hey it will compost in the landfill'
It depends on your city. We have green waste containers, but they aren't "compost" containers like they have in San Francisco.
I think a big part of it is the company image. Along those lines, at work, the cafeteria has all compostable cutlery, cups, to-go containers, etc. It all gets thrown in the co-mingled trash/recycling containers to be sorted off-site, where I assume it gets thrown in the trash and not recycled because it all has food residue. So the company gets to list this as one of their green efforts but really, it's all for naught. (Or maybe I'm overly cynical...I can only hope!)
Regardless of what happens after you use the bag, it seems to be better to make packaging from plant materials than from petroleum by-products. The old packaging just helped make the oil industry more profitable (what other industry has big companies rushing to buy their waste?)
Now, one would hope that they're making the bags from non-edible plants or even food processing by-products, and not edible plants ike corn, but they don't say on their site.