Rudra Mohapatra
14-01-2009, 08:27 PM
Helloo friends,
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 an example we go for a picnic to a sanctuary, have fun with loud music (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 use to 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 lake of awareness and responsibility we do the harm to Nature.
There is a small list of things with the time it takes to decompose I thought to share with you so that before doing something like this we should think that for how long our act of foolishness will 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
Aluminium 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
Hope this will help us to think once at least before we litter.
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 an example we go for a picnic to a sanctuary, have fun with loud music (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 use to 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 lake of awareness and responsibility we do the harm to Nature.
There is a small list of things with the time it takes to decompose I thought to share with you so that before doing something like this we should think that for how long our act of foolishness will 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
Aluminium 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
Hope this will help us to think once at least before we litter.