Going green: Plastic vs biodegradable items

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Many of the items we use in everyday life are harming the planet as they're not biodegradable. Each plastic bag that we have used will survive for a million years and keep releasing harmful gases that cause global warming. But plastic bags aren't the only culprits. Disposable diapers take between 500 and 600 years to degrade as well.

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