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How do paper bags decompose?

Updated: 9/14/2023
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Does paper and plastic bags decompose at the same rate i think by insects that are in the grond. They eat through it but when it is like other dead insects in the ground they eat through it like humans eat through food. But i know it takes longer than a day for paper bags to be decompose and it takes 500 years for plastic bags to be decompose.

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