How long various things take to decompose ?
During the course of our visit to different areas, knowingly or unknowingly we harm nature by littering the areas we go for mental peace and to enjoy nature.
For example,we go for a picnic to a sanctuary, have fun with loud music (even though we know that loud music is prohibited in sanctuaries) , drink and love to break the bottles on the rocks or throw the cans, cook there and most of the time, after having a great lunch, we leave the plates, disposable glasses and polythene here and there.Its not that we dont have the knowledge of environment pollution but sometimes because of lack of awareness and responsibility, we harm Nature.This is a small list of things with the time it takes to decompose each of them.I thought I’d share it with you, so that before doing something like this, we should think – how long will our act of foolishness remain on earth.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DECOMPOSE
Banana Peel- 3-4 weeks
Orange peels- 6 months
Apple Core- 2 months
Paper Bag- 1 month
Cardboard- 2 months
Milk Cartons- 5 years
Newspaper- 6 weeks
Paper Towel- 2-4 weeks
Cotton Glove- 3 months
Tinned Steel Can- 50 years
Aluminum Can- 200-500 years
Disposable Diapers- 550 years
Plastic Bags- 20-1000 years
Glass- 1-2 million years
Cigarette Butts- 10-12 years
Leather shoes- 25-40 years
Rubber-Boot Sole- 50-80 years
Plastic containers- 50-80 years
Monofilament Fishing Line- 600 years
Foamed Plastic Cups- 50 years
Wool Sock- 1-5 years
Plywood- 1-3 years
Plastic Bottles- 450 years
I request you please share this piece of information in your network as much as you can.This will hopefully create further awareness among people that this is also one of the reasons for Global Warming.