How long does your daily waste take to decompose?
You litter every day, but do you know how long it takes to dissolve it? They take a lot of time, leaving no harm to the environment.
Did you know, a broken apple core takes about 2 months to decompose, while wrapping sugarcane juice you have just drunk for a while and threw it somewhere on the road, it takes 10-20 years to disappear is not?
And then when the plastic bag spills into the ocean, the sea creatures can swallow up, then die in pain.
The infographic below will help us understand more about the decomposition time of daily household waste. You may have to turn on your back when you know how "life is".
Toilet paper takes 2-4 weeks, plastic bags from 10-20 years to decompose completely.
Aluminum cans take 80-200 years to decompose.
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