Great Green Shoes is participating in Blog Action Day
Today’s earnings will be donated to The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org)
One day a year we like to remind you (cause we forget too!):
| Decomposition Rates |
|
|
Paper |
2-4 Weeks |
|
Leaves |
1-3 Months |
|
Orange Peels |
6 Months |
|
Milk Carton |
5 years |
|
Plastic Bag |
10-20 Years |
|
Plastic Container |
50-80 Years |
|
Aluminum Can |
80 Years |
|
Tin Can |
100 Years |
|
Plastic Soda Bottle |
450 Years |
|
Glass Bottle |
500 Years |
|
Styrofoam |
Never |
I got these from: www.slocomhouse.com/recycling.html
October 17th, 2007 14:53
thank you!
i just had our office manager call our coffee supplier and see if we can get paper rather than the styrofoam cups we are supplied with now (but i get on everyone’s case already to have them switch to a ceramic mug!)
October 18th, 2007 19:52
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February 20th, 2008 21:34
never??? i just knew it. thank u!!! I have a project of banning styrofoam in my company and it seem so hard. where can I got more accurate info bout the danger of styrofoam??? tx
August 14th, 2008 17:01
Thank you very much for the great information-
Thanks
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