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What items would take the longest time to decompose by natural means in a landfill?
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These items would take the longest time to decompose by natural means in a landfill:
- glass - never
- rubber, such as tires, rubber gloves, bouncy houses, rubber balls - never in a billion years
- heavier plastics, such as eating utensils, drinking glasses, bowls, containers = never in a billion years
- lighter weight plastics, such as grocery store bags - never in a billion years
- metals that do not rust - never in a billion years
- metals that do rust - sometime before a billion years passes by
- heavy cardboard - before a few million years
Quickest things to decompose:
- organic items, like food wastes
- paper
- lightweight cardboard
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