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> plastic bags can take 20 years to decompose, plastic bottles up to 450 years https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/26/our-oceans-a-plastic-soup/ https://blog
by keypusher 8y ago
> plastic bags can take 20 years to decompose, plastic bottles up to 450 years
https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/26/our-oceans-a-plastic-soup/ https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/26/our-oceans-a-plasti...
- coryfklein 8y ago20 years for plastic bags is actually a shorter time span than I would have guessed, but still plenty long enough to cause outsized harm to ocean life.