non-degradable

Such "green" packaging reduces energy use, greenhouse gases, and non-degradable or poorly degradable wastes currently disposed of in landfills.

Samuel S. Epstein: President's Cancer Panel Warns of Toxic Effects of BPA 2010

Nothing quite like a wreck inviting you to recycle, individually packaged in a non-degradable plastic box.

Happy Day, Earth! Jen 2009

"That is an advantage of iron oxide particles over other nanoparticle formulations that are either non-degradable (carbon nanotubes) or give off toxic byproducts (quantum dots: cadmium ions)," said von Maltzahn.

Material World: Nano Worms Fish for Tumors Tracy Staedter 2008

"That is an advantage of iron oxide particles over other nanoparticle formulations that are either non-degradable (carbon nanotubes) or give off toxic byproducts (quantum dots: cadmium ions)," said von Maltzahn.

Material World: Biotech Tracy Staedter 2008

Their fuelwood needs may contribute to the deforestation of local forested areas, but their production of pollution and non-degradable wastes is almost nil.

Macroeconomics and the environment 2008

The standard American funeral industry version of embalming the dead with nasty chemicals, sticking them in a non-degradable coffin made from assorted metals and synthetics, then burying it all in a concrete-lined vault that prohibits the natural recycling of human remains back into the earth seems to me to be a particularly terrible way to deal with the inevitable end of a human body.

2007 October 2007

The standard American funeral industry version of embalming the dead with nasty chemicals, sticking them in a non-degradable coffin made from assorted metals and synthetics, then burying it all in a concrete-lined vault that prohibits the natural recycling of human remains back into the earth seems to me to be a particularly terrible way to deal with the inevitable end of a human body.

We’ve Switched These People’s Dead Grandma With Folger’s Crystals, Let’s See If They Notice 2007

Now, these samples are relatively non-degradable in terms of fingerprints are not always available.

CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2005 2005

Wastes retained in water where non-degradable anal cleansing materials are used

Chapter 11 1994

Wastes retained in dry conditions where non-degradable anal cleaning materials are used

Chapter 4 1992