Something I learned

We did a lesson to teach students about recycling.  It's pretty crazy what happens to your trash.  And it's even crazier what happens to everyday items that make their way to landfill when they could just as easily be recycled.

I learned how long these items will be in the landfill if we don't recycle them:

• 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 the boot) -- 50 to 80 years
• tin can (soup or vegetable can) -- 80 to 100 years
• aluminum can (soda pop can) -- 200 to 500 years
• plastic 6-pack rings -- 450 years
• plastic jug -- 1 million years
• Styrofoam cup -- forever
• glass bottle -- forever