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The Shelf Life of Litter
How long does litter take to
decompose?
Paper |
2
- 5 months |
Banana
skins |
6
months |
Cigarette
Ends
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1
- 5 years |
Plastic
Bags |
10 - 100 years |
Aluminium
drinks cans |
80
- 100 years |
Six-Pack
Holders |
100
years |
Disposable
Nappies
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500 years
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Polystyrene
boxes |
Never |
Did you know that you can now buy special a special scented
plastic wrapper to wrap up used disposable nappies. Great! Now we can
add about another 100 years to the already 500 years of nappy breakdown time.
If the human population keeps expanding at its current rate, and the disposable
nappy mountain keeps growing proportionally, then planet earth
should use up all the remaining space in the universe by around 2027.
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