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  The increased amount of plastic bags in our environment lead to discussions about whether or not plastic bags degrade in the short or long term (for example,  the 450 year plastic bottle degradation live stream ) and how much they harm our environment.  Therefore, in the beginning of this year I started a plastic bag degradation experiment, using a piece of simple high density polyethylene (HDPE) bag and sea water. The motivation – find out when bag degradation starts For that I took a standard HDPE plastic bag and cut a 240x160x0.1 mm part out. Then I filled an empty marmalade glass with sea water right from the beaches of Sesimbra, Portugal (California Beach;  close to our holiday rental ). Then the glass filled with sea water and the HDPE bag was placed in a storage room without the influence of sunlight. Every year around January, I will check the degradation progress. Let us see how the bag looks in one year and in 30 years. HDPE Plastic Bag Degradation - The ...