You'd think because our trash isn't a complex living organism it would decompose faster than a human might. Because much of our waste is man-made and not naturally created (along with the fact that we don't just bury it in the ground) plastic and aluminum take a much longer time to break down.
Another factor is that organisms leach, losing soluble carbon compounds by losing water. Trash doesn't retain water the way a plant does, so it doesn't go through this process.
Animals break down through autolysis, where the body's own chemicals and enzymes and bacteria breaks down the tissue. Again, trash doesn't naturally contain anything acidic enough on its own to break itself down, which is why it sits there.
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Glass bottles can take around 500 years to decompose in a land fill. This is the reason why glass is considered a recyclable element. Glass can be sterilized and re used and even melted down to make something else.
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iron does not decompose but after a long time and i mean a long time it just starts to flake away but does not decompose
Does not decompose
A tissue takes approximately six weeks to fully decompose. In ordinary trash, this item is exposed the moisture and air needed for decomposition to take place quickly.
1700 years to decompose
Gold will never decompose.
Brass is a metal it does no decompose. Only organic materials can decompose.
It could be many hundreds of years for a cd to decompose. Unless they are in a corrosive acidic enviroment. Usable "life" is 217 years for re-writables... Permanents are much longer. Do no throw them in the trash, you can send them in to be recycled. Gather a bunch and send them in. http://www.cdrecyclingcenter.org/
about 5oo years...
it takes about 10 years to decompose .