I am a little stressed out!! I haven't heard from the superintendent of the Glendale Landfill. I received an email from him with a link to submit a formal request.  I submitted right away, but unfortunately I haven’t received any feedback. The superintendent said it would take about 3 to 5 days. Right now, I don’t have permission to collect a sample of soil from the Glendale Landfill. I also don’t have all of the types of plastic I need. I need to acquire at least to types of biodegradable plastic bags. I tried to buy them online, but they sell the bags in large bundles that cost at least one hundred dollars. I am trying to contact the companies that manufacture this type of bags, and try to convince them to send me a couple of bags for free.

I didn't now it will be so hard to collect landfill soil!!

I decided that this summer I was going to continue my research, because I need to work on in as much as I can. However, I haven’t really done much in the past two weeks. I have mostly done computer research, and I was able to find some good peer review journals. I have also started planning, and collecting the materials.
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For this summer, my goal is to create various Winogradsky columns using landfill dirt. My research question is whether there are any bacteria present in the landfill dirt that are able to break down plastic. Right now, I am trying to get permission to collect some dirt from the Glendale municipal landfill. The only variable I am going to have this time is the type of plastic, because I will be using regular plastic bags and plastic bags made out of  biodegradable plastic. I am trying to find out if biodegradable plastic really breaks down faster than regular plastic. 

Do biodegradable plastic really decompose faster than regular plastic???

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