The time required for the complete decomposition of garbage

Selection of the time frame for which the garbage, for example, abandoned by man in nature, is able to completely decompose in the natural elements. Read further and wonder.

Animal dung - the trouble in big cities. Term expansion is small, just 10 to 15 days, but it gives a lot of trouble.





Food waste. Decompose for about a month.



Newsprint. The term expansion from 1 month to 1 season



The leaves, seeds and twigs. Even they can cause serious pollution in the city. The term expansion 3 - 4 months



Cardboard boxes are decomposed within 3 months



Paper. The most common, office paper decomposes 2 years



Boards construction. If they are not under proper care, the period of expansion up to 10 years



Fittings. The term expansion 11 - 13 years



Iron banks. for 10 years



Old shoes - 10 years



Fragments of bricks and concrete 100 years



Avtoakkumulyatory about 100 years



Foil 100 years



Electric batteries 110 years



Rubber tires 120- 140 years



Plastic bottles. 180-200 years



Aluminum cans - almost the most dangerous waste. The term expansion 500 years



Finally the glass. What was already crammed in our places of recreation nobody knows. The term expansion glass more than 1000 years, at least another 12 -15 generations will enjoy our fragments.