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For the trashed items, disintegration durations are 1-5 months for clothes, 3-14 months for ropes, 100 years for metal cans, 200-500 years for aluminum cans and 600-1000 years for plastics. The disintegration duration for glass bottles is yet unknown.
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The cutting of 16 pine trees will be prevented when 1 ton of used white paper is recycled, whereas the cutting of 8 pine trees will be prevented when 1 ton of used newspaper is recycled. An office clerk trashes 81 kilos of qualified paper per year. |
When you wash your car with a hose, 550 lt. of water is consumed. 15-20 lt. of water is spent from an open tap, whereas 2 lt. of water is spent for tooth brushing and shaving. |
