Disposal

Disposable Plan Wooden ice cream pop sticks have to be cut and milled from trees. Then after a very brief usage, they are thrown away into landfills where they are incinerated and this contributes to air pollution. A more ideal way of disposing the pop sticks would be first breaking the sticks into smaller pieces, and since nitrogen is an important element for decomposing wood, adding around 5g of ammonium sulfate to aid the decomposition process. After a few days, the wood chips can be spread out in the garden without any adverse effect on the environment. However a few considerations will have to be made for this scenario to work. The glue used will have to be non-toxic and also the strings used will have to be made from vine, or of a similar materials, otherwise the mulch will be contaminated and no longer suitable for decomposing.