Select the articles from the following list which are biodegradable:
Paper, woolen clothes, wood, aluminium can, plastic bag, peels of vegetables.

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Biodegradable means something that can be broken down into simpler particles by the action of living organisms on them. Materials obtained from plants and animals are biodegradable.
Biodegradable waste includes paper, woolen clothes, wood, and peels of vegetables.

Plastic bags and aluminium can are non-biodegradable wastes as they do not get degraded by microorganisms.

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Select the articles from the following list which are biodegradable: Paper, woolen clothes, wood, aluminium can, plastic bag, peels of vegetables.

Select the articles from the following list which are biodegradable:
Paper, woolen clothes, wood, aluminium can, plastic bag, peels of vegetables.