Some biodegradable trash bags are also compostable, meaning they, too, can become soil and break down in weeks. Others are not, though they may still be made with materials that break down faster ...

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whether biodegradable or not, is not acceptable.” Norway has shown how far the recycling of plastic bottles—a big part of beach trash—can go. It now recovers 97 percent of them. Its trick ...