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The Shelf Life of Litter

How long does litter take to decompose?

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Paper 2 - 5 months
Banana skins 6 months
Cigarette Ends 1 - 5 years
Plastic Bags

10 - 100 years

Aluminium drinks cans 80 - 100 years
Six-Pack Holders 100 years
Disposable Nappies 500 years
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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