A biodegradable resin degradation accelerator which is a polyester having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (A) and a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (G), or a polyester having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (L), a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (A), and a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (G), wherein the polyester has a carboxyl group at at least one end thereof:
- wherein, in the general formulae (A), (G), and (L),
- A is an aliphatic dibasic acid residue having 0 to 12 carbon atoms or an aromatic dibasic acid residue having 5 to 15 carbon atoms,
- G is an aliphatic diol residue having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and
- L is a hydroxycarboxylic acid residue having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.