HOW LONG UNTIL IF ONE BOTTLE OF WATER

MADE IN INTO THE SEA, HOW

LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO FULLY
IT’S DECOMPOSED? DECOMPOSE?

CARDBOARD
2 MONTHS

TOILET ROLL
1 MONTH
CIGARETTES
10 YEARS
PLASTIC BAGS
10-20 YEARS

DRINKS CANS
200 YEARS FISH HOOKS
600 YEARS

PLASTIC CUTLERY
100-1000 YEARS

GLASS
4000 YEARS

DIAPERS
450 YEARS

SOME PLASTICS
NEVER
Recycling
just 1
plastic bottle
saves enough
energy to
power a
60W
light bulb for

6
hours
 Bottles and other recyclable materials
1 are picked up from homes, schools,
and businesses and taken to a
recycling facility.

The flakes can be spun into a very Bottles and containers are
4 fine, threadlike material in a process 2 sorted based on what they’re
similar to how cotton candy is made. made of and sometimes what
Companies use those “threads” to color they are. The items
make a wide variety of items, then go through a machine
including carpets, clothing, or filling that shreds them.
for jackets and quilts. Depending on
the type of plastic, they can also be
made into new (well, sort of new!)
plastic bottles.

The shreds are washed to

4
The melted plastic is
processed into flakes, which
3 remove any impurities, pieces
can be made into a wide of labels or leftover contents.
variety of plastic products. They are then dried and
melted.
Plastic Monster