Approximate decomposition times for items we've all used and thrown away at least once in our lifetime:
Glass bottle: 1 million years or more Styrofoam cup: 1 million years or more Plastic rug: 1 million years or more Plastic 6-pack rings: 450 years Tin can: 80-100 years Rubber sole: 50-80 years Plastic bag: 10-20 years Aluminum can: 200-500 years Disposable diaper: 500 years Cigarette: 1 year Leather: 40-50 year
The average American produces about 1,600 pounds of garbage a year. An average baby will use approximately 6,000 diapers during the first two years of life.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that we can not continue to neglect recycling as we’ve done in the past.
I thought I read, approximately 3 years ago, that someone had started "Cayman Recycles" or something to that effect? What happened to this initiative?
As sad as it is to say, and as much as I love Cayman, the country is way behind on this initiative. Countries have been reusing/reducing and recycling for years. Moreover, we are seeing this countries looking for new innovative ways to reduce/reuse/recycle MORE. Cayman hasn't even started!!
Yes we do, that way we can have renewable resources available and stop consuming what little the earth has to offer.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we (the public) just start recycling and force a change on the system that is put in place?
Approximate decomposition times for items we've all used and thrown away at least once in our lifetime:
ReplyDeleteGlass bottle: 1 million years or more
Styrofoam cup: 1 million years or more
Plastic rug: 1 million years or more
Plastic 6-pack rings: 450 years
Tin can: 80-100 years
Rubber sole: 50-80 years
Plastic bag: 10-20 years
Aluminum can: 200-500 years
Disposable diaper: 500 years
Cigarette: 1 year
Leather: 40-50 year
The average American produces about 1,600 pounds of garbage a year.
An average baby will use approximately 6,000 diapers during the first two years of life.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that we can not continue to neglect recycling as we’ve done in the past.
Space on this island is limited!
I thought I read, approximately 3 years ago, that someone had started "Cayman Recycles" or something to that effect? What happened to this initiative?
ReplyDeleteAs sad as it is to say, and as much as I love Cayman, the country is way behind on this initiative. Countries have been reusing/reducing and recycling for years. Moreover, we are seeing this countries looking for new innovative ways to reduce/reuse/recycle MORE. Cayman hasn't even started!!