Let's Be Environmentally Friendly During This XMas Time

I came across this recently and wish to share it with you all.

For those of you out there, here's a gentle reminder of how certain elements / man's creation lasts before they're disappear. So before you throw things away to our beloved environment, please take consideration to this facts...Merry XMas.


DECOMPOSITION RATES FOR COMMON TYPES OF MARINE DEBRIS

Paper Towel - 4 weeks*

Cloth - 1 - 5 months

Apple core - 2 months*

Juice carton - 3 months*

Styrofoam - 10 - 50 years*

Steel can - 50 years

Disposable diaper - 450 years

Plastic 6 pack ring - 400 years

Monofilament line - 600 years

Cigarette butt - 80 years

Aluminum can - 200 years

Glass bottle - NEVER


* INDICATES DECOMPOSITION IN SALTWATER. FRESHWATER DEGRADATION WOULD TAKE LONGER.