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Facts about decomposing Apr 2, 2017 21:03:39 GMT

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Post by ⚓️anchor on Apr 2, 2017 21:03:39 GMT

Here's how long it takes for certain products to decompose

Banana peel: 3-4 weeks

Paper bag: 1 month

Cardboard: 2 months

Wool sock: 1 year

Tinned steel can: 50 years

Aluminum can: 200-500 years (But if recycled, it can be reused within 6 weeks!)

Disposable diapers: 550 years

Plastic bags : 20-1,000 years

Plastic jug: 1 million years

Glass: 1-2 million years

Styrofoam: 1+ million years

Source: behealthyandrelax.com/2007/11/how-long-does-it-take-to-decompose

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Joey Service Department Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster [TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Posts: 14,129 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"} Year of Birth: Before dirt Nationality: Euro-American	Facts about decomposing Apr 3, 2017 2:11:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Joey on Apr 3, 2017 2:11:09 GMT That means every disposable diaper EVER is still with us

⚓️anchor Level 8 DP Minister [TI7] Posts: 2,418 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"https://bjorstad.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/skansenlykt.jpg?w=590","color":"59a0f1"} Mini-Profile Text Color: f0591e	Facts about decomposing Apr 3, 2017 17:53:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ⚓️anchor on Apr 3, 2017 17:53:01 GMT Yep. Scary thought, right?
	"It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought." John Kenneth Galbraith

Joey Service Department Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster [TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Posts: 14,129 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"} Year of Birth: Before dirt Nationality: Euro-American	Facts about decomposing Apr 4, 2017 4:57:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Joey on Apr 4, 2017 4:57:08 GMT At least I didn't contribute.

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