What Happens All our Stuff?
Most People don't think about the "Real Cost" of things they Buy, Everyone's looking for a Cheaper Deal, an Easier way to get things done. What about the Aftermath & Environmental impact of each and every Purchase We Make?
Did you know that a plastic beverage bottle takes roughly 450 years to decompose? Take a look at the numbers found by the U.S. National Park Service:
Time it takes for garbage to decompose in the environment:
Glass Bottle ------------ ----------------1 million years
Monofilament Fishing Lines--------600 years
Plastic Beverage Bottle--------------450 years
Disposable Diaper---------------------450 years
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Aluminum Can---------------------------80-200 years
Foamed Plastic Buoy------------------80 years
Foamed Plastic Cups------------------50 years
Want Cups that Decompose safely in Mere Months?
Rubber-Boot Sole-----------------------50-80 years
Tin Cans------------------------------------50 years
Leather--------------------------------------50 years
Nylon Fabric-------------------------------30-40 years
Plastic Film Container------------------20-30 years
Plastic Bag---------------------------------10-20 years
How about a "Plastic Bag" you can throw in the Compost?
Cigarette Butt----------------------------1-5 years
Wool Sock--------------------------------1-5 years
Plywood-----------------------------------1-3 years
Waxed Milk Carton--------------------3 months
Apple Core-------------------------------2 months
Newspaper-------------------------------6 weeks
Orange or Banana Peel--------------2-5 weeks
Paper Towel------------------------------2-4 weeks
Information Source: U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL.
We Don't have time to wait for all the Trash to Decompose,
we Need Alternatives and we need to start using them now.
Did you know that a plastic beverage bottle takes roughly 450 years to decompose? Take a look at the numbers found by the U.S. National Park Service:
Time it takes for garbage to decompose in the environment:
Glass Bottle ------------ ----------------1 million years
Monofilament Fishing Lines--------600 years
Plastic Beverage Bottle--------------450 years
Disposable Diaper---------------------450 years
Try Re-Usable Diapers, Helps Potty Train Quicker
Aluminum Can---------------------------80-200 years
Foamed Plastic Buoy------------------80 years
Foamed Plastic Cups------------------50 years
Want Cups that Decompose safely in Mere Months?
Rubber-Boot Sole-----------------------50-80 years
Tin Cans------------------------------------50 years
Leather--------------------------------------50 years
Nylon Fabric-------------------------------30-40 years
Plastic Film Container------------------20-30 years
Plastic Bag---------------------------------10-20 years
How about a "Plastic Bag" you can throw in the Compost?
Cigarette Butt----------------------------1-5 years
Wool Sock--------------------------------1-5 years
Plywood-----------------------------------1-3 years
Waxed Milk Carton--------------------3 months
Apple Core-------------------------------2 months
Newspaper-------------------------------6 weeks
Orange or Banana Peel--------------2-5 weeks
Paper Towel------------------------------2-4 weeks
Information Source: U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL.
We Don't have time to wait for all the Trash to Decompose,
we Need Alternatives and we need to start using them now.
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The Story of Stuff Project’s mission is to build a strong, diverse, decentralized, cross-sector movement to transform systems of production and consumption to serve ecological sustainability and social wellbeing. Our goals are to amplify public discourse on a diverse set of sustainability issues and to facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world.
