The Eco Women are constantly encouraging their fellow Eco Warriors to recycle, recycle, recycle. If, for some reason, you haven’t been recycling — or perhaps you have a weak moment in which you decide to trash that glass bottle — here’s a list of easily-recyclable materials and how long it takes for them to break down in a landfill:
Glass bottle — 1 million years
Styrofoam container — 1 million years
Plastic bag — 500+ years
Plastic bottle — 500+ years
Aluminum can — 80-200 years
Sobering, no?
Statistics courtesy of Forecast Earth on the Weather Channel.
This is exactly the type of concise fact I was looking for a talk I’ll be doing at a local High School PTA meeting regarding the environment and saving money.
I knew the ballpark numbers but now I can quote the source!!
You save me all the work in researching!
Thanks!!!
Holy smokes! I never knew this!
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