nondegradable
/ˌnändiˈɡrādəb(ə)l
/adjective
Not biodegradable or subject to decomposition: nondegradable waste that ends up in the water...
- Several communities throughout the United States, including San Francisco, have banned nondegradable shopping bags to encourage shoppers to use their own eco-friendly bags.
- One of the good things about nondegradable wrappings, however, is that they soon become eyesores.
- The nondegradable pollutants just accumulate along the river, as expressed by equation 2c.