Sorry landfill decomposition wasn’t my point but I didn’t clarify. My point was that paper can decompose more easily if/when it’s improperly disposed of/litter

Sorry landfill decomposition wasn’t my point but I didn’t clarify. My point was that paper can decompose more easily if/when it’s improperly disposed of/littered. It’s not ideal, but at least it will be gone in shorter time than plastic, and it won’t destroy wildlife, etc. The other benefit of more paper based products is they retain greater value than plastics (both economic and practical - your McDonalds napkin was formerly a newspaper, which is former office paper, etc) and therefore market forces will typically support a clean stream recycling program for mixed paper, office paper, and corrugated cardboard.