Aluminum foil does not biodegrade. Biodegradation only happens when microorganisms (microbes, fungi etc.) use a material as food.
Aluminum foil can chemically degrade if exposed to acids or alkalis in soil or groundwater. It can be converted to aluminum oxide in a fire. It can be shredded into very small particles by abrasion, the smaller particles are more apt to be oxidized or dissolved.
If not exposed to this physical degradation aluminum will last for thousands of years
How long it takes for an aluminum can to biodegrade
300 years
Foil is aluminum and will practically never decompose.
never does
Aluminum foil can take upwards of four hundred years to decompose without any assistance. That time can be reduced by exposure to certain acids or chemicals.
a long time
A milk carton made of stiff paper and coated with wax will decompose in a wet landfill in two or three months. A milk carton made of stiff paper and lined with aluminum foil will biodegrade only on the outside. The foil inside will remain intact for many years.
It takes 1000 years for it too biodegrade and that is if it is buried. :)
yes and 11 min on both sides
a long time.
Aluminum is not biodegradable. and will last forever. Over a very longtime it may react chemically with other substances, similar to metal rusting, but the can will still be there in some form or shape.
Aluminum foil can take upwards of four hundred years to decompose without any assistance. That time can be reduced by exposure to certain acids or chemicals.