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I'm doing a project for my 7th grade science class. Do you know
the natural breakdown timetables for different products if we did
not recycle them?
What a cool science project! Here are the timetables it takes for certain common products to break down:
 Fruit
Peels 0-2 yrs
Wool 1-5 yrs
Cigarette Butts 1-5 yrs
Plastic Bags 10-20 yrs
Plastic Film Containers 20-30 yrs
Leather 30-40 yrs
Nylon Fabric 30-40 yrs
Tin Cans 50 yrs
Plastic 6-Pack Rings 100 yrs
Aluminum Soda Cans 500 yrs
Glass Bottles 1000 yrs
Styrofoam & Certain Plastics indefinitely
The best way to prevent these products and materials from filling up our landfills — or worse yet, becoming litter — is, of course, to never use them. Reducing your dependency on certain unneeded materials, such as Styrofoam, is possible. Other common items, such as glass bottles, can easily be reused. And, as your question mentioned, the best way to deal with items you can't reuse is to recycle them.
Please keep up the good work for a healthy environment, and best of luck with your project.
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