How Long It Takes For Trash To Break Down

It's easy to ignore your trash. You put it in the can and it magically disappears, right? Nah, it's actually going to hang around for a long, long while. Depending on what you're trashing, it might be here long after you've decomposed.

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[thebahooplamaster]

OH GOSH IM GONNA SLIP ON A BANANA PEEL THATS UNDERGROUND

[virajratnayale]

"The planet is fine, the people are fucked" - Carlin.

[blair]

Wait if I have a 50 year old car with leather seat the leather is decomposing?

[prophetdankusmemeus]

So apparently a banana decomposing for 2-5 weeks "outlives" me


EDIT: Due to being roasted by like 30 people this comment was intended to be a joke (for future readers)

[kevincui]

Plastic actually doesn't biodegrade when thrown away, they photo-degrade, which breaks down into smaller particles that are still toxic

[askmshaymes]

Please consider that for products made with PLA, i.e. beverage cups used in eco-friendly location all over the world, a special set of circumstances much occur for the earth friendly processes to take place, including but not limited to disposal in "facilities that can heat material to 140 degrees for ten days" and after the article in this weeks El Nuevo Herald, "La basuram un seriously problema en Miami-Dade", it isn't likely that big cities can manage seperating PLA plastics from those that don't easily degrade.

[LuchoCastle_]

I think the message is clear, everything must be replaced by banana peels, glasses, plastic, bubblegum, etc.

[rupeshboddapati]

There are simple ways to reduce our footprint.

Just conserve and preserve

[narwhalgirl]

DANGIT I didn't mean to click on this lol. Oh well, I'm here now

[JackM]

This video is brought to you by the EPA

[maxmillions]

The reason why we still use foam cups still is because they keep hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold not the heat or cold losing plastic!!

[yousefalloush]

"That's pretty crappy"

-Tech Insider, 2017

[polish_filipino]

So, am I suppose to put my gum in the recycling now?

[purbayansarkar]

so duck toys are made out of chewing gum yuck...

[MotorHeadTech]

Why not turn glass into sand & how woukd that impact the eviorment smh?

[vwlover]

I recycle everything. Including scrap metal not only for money but I'm helping my son have a future. It might be a small step on my end globally but if there's more people out there like me. We can make a difference!!!

[louisenri]

Awesome 500 yrs from now my shitty diapers will still be around

[GriffinAt]

So...how many years would it take to decompose... say...a human body...asking for a friend...

[pggp]

Funny thing is if you recycle newspapers the emissions coming from the recycling trucks actually ends up doing more bad to the environment then a recycling process of the newspaper

[deenanthekemoni]

What about human bodies? I sure dont wanna leave my rotting ass lyin around for someone else to have to clean up.