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They take up a lot of space and produce a lot of pollution
plastic do not degrade. If we bury plastic for years it will remain underground damaging under ground life. Actually, synthetic plastics DO degrade, they just do so very slowly. They do not "damage underground life", they simply take up valuable space in landfill sites because they take so long to degrade.
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the space that the empty can will take up in a landfull if not recycled
Most garbage is not radioactive. Garbage is decomposed biologically by bacteria, fungi, earthworms, maggots, etc. However some garbage (e.g. plastics, glass) do not decompose and simply take up space in the dump or landfill, unless recycled in some way.
No it wont. actually some types of plastics take almost over 100 years just to start degrading. Recently scientist have made certain types of plastics that are able to break down in at least 1 to 2 years. also they had many plastics that don't erode easy so we can recycle or reuse them for more years and different uses.
The water bottles in landfills take up a great deal of space. It is estimated that about 20 percent of a landfill can be made up of plastic from water bottles.
A plastic spoon is a boon if you are eating ice-cream during a picnic. But, a curse if the spoon snaps and is chucked into a waste basket. Eventually, the broken spoon will end up in a landfill site, where it will take many decades to rot down, if ever!
Yes. It released CO2 into the atmosphere and the plastic is non-biodegradable, so will take millions of years to rot in a landfill site.
Sort through rubbish to take out the bits that can be reused from those that can not be re used. The sorting process usually strips out metals, paper, glass and plastics (which can go to be reused (recycled)) from food wast that has to be burnt or put into landfill.
It is illegal in many states to put a TV into the landfill. There are special places that will take electronics that needs to be disposed of.
'Landfill' generally refers to a hole in the ground lined with plastic, and can be of any size.