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Eli5: what's wrong with throwing biodegradables in the trash?

I try to avoid doing this because ive been instructed to my whole life but I actually don't know what the big deal is? Like, doesn't it breakdown just the same in a landfill and not really cause any problems?
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> Like, doesn't it breakdown just the same in a landfill and not really cause any problems?

Nope! Landfills tend to be very low oxygen environments. Without sufficient O2 for microbes to do their thing a lot of biodegradeable materials don't degrade.

Biodegradable things should be composted where they can degrade quickly and then be used for something useful.