decomposable

Because they are made of living cells, they are biocompatible, or nontoxic, and biodegradable, or naturally decomposable.

It also contained decomposable garbage, plastics, asphaltic materials, furniture, and petroleum products.

The pile also contained decomposable garbage, plastics, asphaltic materials, furniture and petroleum products.

The gift will support research in fields such as climate science, energy, biofuels and decomposable plastics.

Cal Tech said the donation would be used to study solar science, climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, water and environmental resources, and ecology and biosphere engineering.