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Why bother to recycle cardboard at all, its biodegradable so what is the harm in sending it to landfill?

April 26, 2017biodegradable bother cardboard harm Landfill recycle

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Why bother to recycle cardboard at all, its biodegradable so what is the harm in sending it to landfill?

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Being biodegradable means that when cardboard goes to landfill it rots, producing methane, methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and it therefore an indirect catalyst to global warming.