How long to decompose

How long does it take for most vegetable waste to decompose?

• Between 30 - 40 days

• Between

  5 days-30 days

• Just over a year

• 100 days

How long does it take a lettuce to decompose?

• 10 days

• 30 days

• 5 years

• 25 years

How long does it take for paper to decompose?

• 10 days

• 20 weeks

• 2 - 6 weeks

• 2 - 3 years

How long does it take for metal to decompose?

• 1 million years

• NEVER

• 50 - 500 years

• 500 - 1000 years

What order would these clothes materials decompose from fastest to slowest?

• silk, wool, cotton, rubber, nylon.

• Wool, nylon, rubber, silk, cotton.

• nylon, rubber, wool, silk, cotton.

• cotton, wool, silk, rubber, nylon.

How long does it take a glass bottle to decompose?

• 10 years

• 3 years

• 1000 - 5000 years

• 1 - 2 million years

How many times can you recycle/melt glass and metals?

• 10-12

• 40- 50 times

• indefinitely.

• up to 350 times

How long does it take yard waste (trees, branches, stumps) to break down whole?

• 10 - 20 years

• 100-200 days

• 100 - 250 years

• 50 - 100 years

How long does it take for yard waste to decompose if it is turned into chips?

• 3- 6 months

• 6 months - 1 year

• 10 - 15 years

• just over 50 years

What are names of the three types of house bins

(Red, Green and yellow) and what goes in them?