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[David W Hausmann <wizard2468@juno.com>]

'Ello, All!
        I try not to be fanatical on this topic, just do what I can, but you
hear so many different decomposition rates for objects I thought this was
nice in having it all in one list.  It came from a brochure from a paper
newsletter from the Missouri Forestkeepers Network, a State Department of
Conservation organization set up to monitor the state of the state's
forests.

                Litter's Legacy

        Objects         Decomposition Time

Styrofoam container     >1 million years

Plastic Jug                     1 million years

Disposable diaper               550 years

Aluminum can            200-500 years

Tinned can                      90 years

Leather shoe                    45 years

        For more information, visit www.nomoretrash.org

        Have a Good One!  Love, Peace and Perception

Wizard
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