See the cartoon , God is changing it with new word. Do it now or perish for ever.Below is a outstanding research by Priya
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I was doing a little research on how much time it takes for plastic to decompose. And I came across some astonishing facts, which I thought I will share with you all.
Glass bottle 1 million years
Monofilament fishing line 600 years
Plastic beverage bottles 450 years
Disposable diapers 450 years
Aluminum can 80-200 years
Foamed plastic cup 50 years
Tin can 50 years
Leather 50 years
Cigarette filter 1-5 years
Waxed milk carton 3 months
Apple core 2 months
Newspaper 6 weeks
Orange peel 2-5 weeks
Banana peel 2-5 weeks
Paper towel 2-4 weeks
(Source: Pocket Guide to Marine Debris, The Ocean Conservancy © 2003 pg. 10)
Some more information esp. on plastics and cigarette…
Most of the plastic bags, cans, bottles etc. end up in a landfill site, never to decompose, since they are impervious to natural decay. Plastic bags cheat the laws of nature. They never die. They just get older!
Even recycling them is a problem. Different types of plastics exist which cannot be recycled together. The mixing of different plastics can create unusable products which will never biodegrade. Even when successful, plastics can only be recycled a few times. They're an ecological nightmare.
They litter the countryside and cause suffering to wildlife and farm animals. Grazing cattle eat them and this causes ulcerations of their bellies. The cows die, their bodies decompose, but the bags live on!
It's not just the land which is affected. The sea is becoming increasingly polluted with plastic. Take a walk along any beach in the country and it won't be long before you find a washed up plastic bag. They even get washed up on uninhabited South Pacific islands.
Plastic bags bob along the Mediterranean sea . Turtles in the Bay of Biscay commonly die of ingestion of plastic bags. They mistake them for jellyfish. In California many sea-lions end up in rehabilitation centers with plastic wrapped around their necks. Seabirds too, have plastic fragments in their stomachs, and plastic molecules in their muscles.
Cigarette filters are made from cellulose acetate, a type of plastic that takes up to 12 years to decompose, and often contains traces of the 4000 chemicals found in cigarette smoke. The estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts discarded across the world each year are believed to kill millions of birds, animals and fish.
In fact, our common practice is to throw plastic wrapper, fruit peel, cigarette butts out of the car, walking on the road…and we don't even realize the harm we are doing to the environment. One of the ways to reduce their impact is to make a conscious decision not to throw plastics, cigarette butts, fruit peel etc. on the road.
I urge all of you to throw them in the bins…its a task but it is the first step towards reducing environmental damage and will also help look our city little more cleaner.
With this little plea we invite you for a workshop on the 5th of August,2007 on environmental awareness.The Venue and other details will be intimated to you soon
Request all of you to join us in large numbers ,in our efforts to make this place a better world.
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