Do garbage bags decompose?

Question

like the regular black kind that everyone has? you would think that they would be made of something that would decompose since they are in a landfill. and they're made of plastic right? if not is there something like a "decomposable" garbage bag like hte plastic kinds?

Answer 1

Why do you care? Just throw your bag in the trash and let the sanitation engineers worry about it!!

Answer 2

10,000years from now.yes they will fall apart.

Answer 3

No. Well yes eventually, but no.

There are biodegradable bags made from a corn-based plastic but in a landfill they don't decompose fast enough to act as biodegradable.

Answer 4

No, they do not.