Properly Sort Your Trash
Confused about what goes in what trash bins at school, in the lunchroon, or at home? Watch our quick video demonstration by Lower School Science teacher, Elizabeth McDonald, to learn just how to sort your trash.
Ever wonder how long it takes for things to decompose in our landfills? Check out some of these crazy but true landfill facts:
- Banana - 3 to 4 weeks
- Paper Bag - 1 month
- Cotton Rag - 5 months
- Wool Sock - 1 year
- Cigarette Butt - 2 to 5 years
- Leather Boot - 40 to 50 years
- Rubber Sole (of a boot) - 50 to 80 years
- Tin Can (soup or vegetable can) - 80 to 100 years
- Aluminum Can (soda pop can) - 200 to 500 years
- Diaper - 500 years
- Plastic 6-Pack Rings - 450 years
- Plastic Jug - 1 million years
- Styrofoam Cup - Unknown? Never?
- Glass Bottle - Unknown? Never?