newspapers dumped in landfills as much as over half a century ago, turn up again as fresh and as readable as the day they were issued. Amazing. I imagine if t

newspapers dumped in landfills as much as over half a century ago, turn up again as fresh and as readable as the day they were issued. Amazing. I imagine if the paper were shredded and mixed with organic matter it might brake down more rapidly, but layered and trapped away underground evidently not.