How long does it take for a beverage can to decompose?

Answer 1

Basically they don't. A clarification of terms. Decompose is usually reserved for organic materals being educed by microorganisms. A drink can is made of metal so t is not attacked by microorganisms.

A drink can is however attacked by water and oxygen from the air. The effect is the same as decomposition. Steel cans rust and corrode away over a fairly short period if exposed to air and water, especially if they have the protective coat is scratched or damaged. Aluminum cans are much more refractory and can last for hundreds of years. This is caused by the "rust" or oxide coat on aluminum being mpervius to air and water, Iron rust is porous so the air and water can reach fresh metal.

Answer 2

An aluminum soda can will last hundreds or even thousands of years unless exposed to acidic soil or water. You can find remnants of soda cans that have been eaten away by acid from rainfall. Aluminum soda cans will also slowly combust in the right conditions.

Answer 3

they take about 700 years to just begin to decompose and never fully decompose.

Answer 4

It takes an abnormally long time for aluminum cans to decompose, approximately five hundred years.

Answer 5

500 years