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    Plastic soda bottles and glass can take over 1 million years to break down in a landfill, while aluminum cans break down within 50-200 years. Paper and disposable diapers decompose faster at 1-5 months and 500 years respectively. Batteries can persist in landfills for 100 years without breaking down. Most plastic bottles are made from petroleum that can be billions of years old through extraction and manufacturing processes, though some use renewable bioplastics.

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    Plastic soda bottles and glass can take over 1 million years to break down in a landfill, while aluminum cans break down within 50-200 years. Paper and disposable diapers decompose faster at 1-5 months and 500 years respectively. Batteries can persist in landfills for 100 years without breaking down. Most plastic bottles are made from petroleum that can be billions of years old through extraction and manufacturing processes, though some use renewable bioplastics.

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    Persuade

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    Plastic soda bottles and glass can take over 1 million years to break down in a landfill, while aluminum cans break down within 50-200 years. Paper and disposable diapers decompose faster at 1-5 months and 500 years respectively. Batteries can persist in landfills for 100 years without breaking down. Most plastic bottles are made from petroleum that can be billions of years old through extraction and manufacturing processes, though some use renewable bioplastics.

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    BREAK DOWN DURATION

    •Plastic soda bottles: 1 million years


    •Glass: 1 million years
    •Aluminium cans: 50 to 200 years
    •Paper: 1 to 5 months
    •Disposable diaper: 500 years
    •Batteries: 100 years
    http://www.greenstudentu.com/encyclopedia/rec
    ycling
    HOW PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE MADE
    • The life cycle of a plastic bottle starts,
    obviously, with the creation of the plastic used
    to make it. The vast majority of plastic bottles
    are manufactured from petroleum, some of
    which comes from deposits as much as three
    billion years old. Some manufacturers use
    bioplastics made from plant materials to
    create their plastic bottles, out of concern for
    the environment.
    http://education.ezinemark.com/recycling4d275da6237.html

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