Biodegradable plastic are a potential solution to the massive waste problem facing the planet Earth today. As plastics are used extensively in product packaging, disposable utilities, plastic bags and water bottles, waste buildup is an enormous problem. This problem is made worse by the fact that normal plastic takes 10 to 500* years to decompose, hence the only real solution is to send it into land fills.
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As biodegradable bags might be more expensive: