Bags do not biodegrade, meaning they clog landfills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inc.com] Reference

I hate to break it to the EnviroNazies, but even THEY will 'biodegrade' one day, LOL!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

"I hate to break it to the EnviroNazies, but even THEY will 'biodegrade' one day, LOL".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

How long does it take for Styrofoam to biodegrade?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dunkin' Donuts-Starbucks: The New Cold War?] Reference

That's about how long it takes nylon to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming to a Landfill Near You] Reference

• Most plastic bags take over 400 years to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Earth Day and Beyond: Say No to Plastic Bags] Reference

But once thrown away, these new robes will biodegrade within a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper College Switches To Biodegradable Graduation Gowns] Reference

And also, the problem is, mulch is supposed to biodegrade into the soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2005] Reference

Whether the gum is natural or artificial, they don't biodegrade quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maura Judkis: How Green is Your Gum?] Reference

It is starting to biodegrade though and will have to be replaced sometime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knot Garden « Fairegarden] Reference

They are horrible to pack and take 5 times longer than plastic to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why You Need To Clean Your Reusable Shopping Bags Today | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

Giant, plastic-boned, plastic-eating sea birds that take 50 years to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dying Earth?] Reference

Braided line doesn't biodegrade as quick as mono, so its kinda bad for the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does anyone fish for stocked rainbow trout with braided line? Espicially in small streans?] Reference

Although some types of plastic can be recycled, it does not ever completely biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adele Israel: No More Plastic Water Bottles] Reference

As it happens, landfills tend to mummify their contents rather than to biodegrade them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Delete, Baby, Delete] Reference

I notice two themes in this thread: “Does it really biodegrade?” and “Is it sturdy?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpudWare Cutlery made from potatoes | Inhabitat] Reference

The chemicals didn't seem to biodegrade the oil and gas as fast as basic chemistry would predict.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Spill Dispersants Are 'Sticking Around' In Gulf] Reference

Clearly I'm not coming up with any of this stuff, but couldn't they make it biodegrade eventually?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2009] Reference

If sent to landfill, there's a concern that it wouldn't be given the correct conditions to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nextgen Vending to Distribute Earthpure Organics PLA Eco-Water Bottles] Reference

Environmentalists, don't worry: I only hit four balls, and I'm sure they'll biodegrade in about 370 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [ocean to ocean] Reference

A peacocks 'feathers will eventually biodegrade and become the raw materials for the next generation's plumage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference

I heard that after you throw away a "New York Times," it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2007] Reference

Perhaps the name Hummer and everything is stands for could biodegrade within 5 years … now that would be progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE ALGAE-FILLED HUMMER O2 | Inhabitat] Reference

While they can be worn away – torn into smaller and smaller fragments – they generally do not biodegrade entirely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine debris] Reference

Lederer told me that the company is currently researching an all-organic gum base, which she imagines would biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maura Judkis: How Green is Your Gum?] Reference

Presumably it will “biodegrade” at the end of that period and owners would be obliged to buy a new vehicle from GM.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE ALGAE-FILLED HUMMER O2 | Inhabitat] Reference

Now a Waterloo Ontario teenager has found a way to make plastic bags biodegrade faster — in three months, he figures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Student Discovers Way to Decompose Plastic Bags] Reference

Environmentalists have targeted plastic bags as a scourge that take years to biodegrade and contaminate soil and water.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York May Join Crackdown on Plastic Bags | Impact Lab] Reference

They are completely recycable with ordinary PET plastic; however, they will biodegrade in anerobic or aerobic conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive] Reference

Oil, unlike some chemicals and vast amounts of plastic polymers we're also dumping into the sea, will biodegrade over time.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Helvarg: To BP: It's Personal.] Reference

LUI: Unlike other plastics that are petroleum based, this plastic will biodegrade in environments such as soil or the ocean.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007] Reference

I've occasionally gone as far as lecturing about the long-term impacts of cig butts, and the fact that they never biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Be a Fishing Butthead] Reference

And the plumes of underwater oil that some scientists now fear will not biodegrade rapidly may be around for some time, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf Oil Spill: Rick Steiner Got BP Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over] Reference

Starting this week, the city is banning plastic bags at the stores saying they're ending up in landfills and they don't biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2007] Reference

And not only is that good for the environment, but then when you throw away those little packing peanuts, they actually biodegrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing On The Development Of Alternative Fuels] Reference

She buried some celebratory balloons to test if they biodegrade, but promised that even if they don't, "the balloons will be there.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Greening Conventions] Reference

Alternatives to plastic dinnerware will biodegrade in a matter of weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference