How long does it take glass to break down in a landfill?

Answer 1

Glass moves about one inch per century. It is actually a liquid, so it moves, but it is very dense and takes a long time to break down. So it will probably take at least five centuries to move it about five inches.

Answer 2

We really don't know exactly how long it takes a glass bottle to decompose in a landfill, but we do know that it can break into smaller pieces eventually. Decomposition occurs when something breaks down into smaller parts or parts that are similar in composition. In a lanfill, where there are not many forces like wind and water that erode materials and special chemicals that can weaken glass, it is likely to take a million years or more for glass to degrade.

Answer 3

In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene. This means the oldest styrofoam anything is only about eighty years old. The expected duration of such objects (specifically in a landfill) is unknown and may exceed several hundred years. Landfills are very inert environments with little oxygen and water and almost no microbiological activity and even meat can last for decades.

Answer 4

About one million years. It can be recycled an infinite number of times.

Answer 5

In a moist landfill a paper cup will biodegrade in 5 or 6 days. If it is coated with wax it will take several weeks.

Answer 6

Absolutely nothing. Glass doesn't decompose, it just ages and gets darker with age.

Answer 7

Glass does not decompose, it is like a rock. Physical forces may abrade the glass into sandlike particles, but it remains as glass.

Answer 8

Glass doesn't decompose. There is glass that is 5,000 years old in museums.

Answer 9

Glass does not decompose.

Answer 10

67,000,000 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh no