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Q: Why does food waste take so long to decompose in landfill?
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How long does it take for an apple core to decompose in a landfill?

It can take up to two months for an apple core to decompose in a landfill. Banana peels will take a few days to decompose. While glass takes a very long time to decompose, a paper bag can take up to five months.


How long does it take for aluminum can take to decompose?

There are some waste products that take a very long time to decompose in a landfill. Thus, they should be recycled, instead of simply thrown away. For example, an aluminum can takes around 100 years to decompose.


How long does it take a battery to decay?

It takes 100 years for a battery to decompose.


How long tires decompose?

It acually takes a really long time.. but a lot longer in a landfill.. people should just RECYCLE!!!!


Why doesn't trash decompose in a modern landfill?

The simple answer is that it does! Everything decomposes eventually. Unfortunately, many household, commercial and industrial waste products are made from materials that take an awfully long time to decompose; plastic for example. Some types of plastic can take up to 50,000 years to decompose fully! Other waste items such as tin foil can take upward of 100,000 years! Even with the (comparatively recent) advent of recycling, much of the waste that gets assigned to landfill is, indeed recyclable. This is partly because so many recycling plants are already operating at full capacity, or are governed by strict input / output quotients. Of course, despite what the governments of the world would have us believe, it is often cheaper to export waste to landfill sites abroad than it is to recycle it domestically.


How long does it take for markers to decompose?

Ink takes 1000 years to decompose, most of the time if you look at a polluted landfill you'll see that most of the pollution is ink.


How long does it take for an electronic to decompose?

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How long does it take food to decompose?

depends what kind of food it is :$


Tell more about biodegradable and non biodegradable substances?

Biodegradable substances are waste substanses that can decompose after a peirod if time whether short or long e.g basically food, paper, etc While non biodegradable substances are waste products that can not decompose even after a long period of time e.g glass, metal cans, cups, plastic and the have to be recycled.


How does Lego take to decompose in a landfill?

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How long does gowns take to dispose in a landfill?

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