Waste time counting: potato chip bag 80-environment refuse degradation-IT information
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May 21, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, we have seen such a scenario on the road: on both sides of the road filled with cans, coffee cups, Hamburger meal boxes and cigarette boxes and other rubbish. We hope that next time when passing by, the local Government has cleared them. But this is often not the case next week, which may be still there; next week, they are likely to remain untouched.
▲ On the A48 road cleanup activities, participants found some 33 years ago production of potato chip bags, they've been here for about 1716 weeks (33 years) ago.
Most annoying is that although these people ate potato chips had, but they leave the bag still looks like just produced.
You might think, which must have been breaking the trash long record, but it's not the truth. Scientists point out that plastic bags and plastic bottles after hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even millions of years are not degraded.
Not only is this man-made items, even banana peels have survived more than a month, orange peel and is more likely to take two years to completely break down.
This article will list a series of junk break down time, allowing readers to get a general concept. On the whole, here is being thrown on the roadside or litter decomposition on a country lane, they are under the influence of various animals and natural factors.
Not only is this man-made items, even banana peels have survived more than a month, orange peel and is more likely to take two years to completely break down.
Two weeks
Apple core. Although the degradation time is shorter, but the fruit or fruit will cause the rest of unpopular creatures such as rats.
A month or so
Paper towels, paper bags, paper and so on. Degradation of these items depends to a large extent, their degradation. For example, being buried in the soil of tissue exposure to decomposition than paper towels in the air much longer.
The six-week
Cereal box, paper bag, banana peels, etc. In addition, if the weather is cold, banana peels the degradation time may be longer.
Peel's role is to protect the internal flesh, pericarp is rich in cellulose, which is the main components of cellophane packaging.
Earlier this year, environmentalists warn, people discard peels on Ben Nevis in Scotland has caused serious pollution, as they refuse to months to complete degradation. Although the skin is a natural product, but that doesn't mean they're not garbage.
Two or three months
Wax coating such as milk and juice cartons, cardboard. Degradation of these items depends on the thickness of the cardboard.
Gardeners should remember, cardboard can be made into compost, so no need to lose them.
Six months
Cotton clothing such as t-shirts, paperbacks, and so on.
In all kinds of fabrics, cotton fabrics are most easily biodegradable. Cotton can be made into compost. If the weather is warm and humid enough, a thin cotton clothing as long as a week to bio-degrade.
A year
Lightweight wool clothing, such as pullovers and socks. Wool is a natural product, in the wild environment, can rot like a sheep's body.
Wool degradation at the same time, but also releases some useful nutrients to the soil, such as keratin. So while wool and as regular trash is not pleasant to the eye, they do not cause long-term damage to the environment.
Two years
Orange peel, plywood and cigarette butts, etc. But some research points out that cigarette butts may not decompose after 10 years.
More than 600 kinds of ingredients in tobacco smoke, which is the most difficult to break down the cellulose acetate, and 95% of cigarette filters contain the plastic.
The five-year
Heavy wool clothing such as coats.
The year 20
Plastic bags and so on. But some research suggests that some plastics can not decay after 1000 years. Some new production of plastic bags to decomposition when exposed to sunlight, but most plastic bags are made of high density polyethylene, is not easily degradable. Microbial in nature do not treat the matter as food, so not to decompose it.
More than 30-40 years
Tight clothing, carpets, nylon products such as disposable diapers. However, some believe these items to 500 years to decompose, specific length depending on environmental conditions.
Disposable diapers are very convenient, but they actually contain many harmful substances. Disposable diapers many chemicals are used in the production process, such as toluene, Ethylbenzene, XYLENES, and dipentene, there is a highly toxic carcinogen called dioxin.
The year 50
Cans, tires, sport shoes, foam cups, leather products, etc. After chemical treatment of leather can even exist much longer. Shoes with a thick skin is also a long time to break down, about 80 years.
More than 75-80 years
Potato chip bags. In fact, they recently discovered in diensenlin of potato chip bags not "getting" the big. In 2012, the nier·feilipusi (Neil Phillips) on the beach in Devon found a "Golden wonders" potato chip bags. This bag is made in 1967, looks the same as was lost last week. Many bags of food packaging by the "metal" made of plastic films, compared with bags of food, these bags sites are terrible.
More than 100 years
Six prong plastic ring – the longest can for 450 years. Ring setting for animals to great harm, as they can get stuck in the animal's throat, resulting in animal asphyxiation, or cut the animal's limbs.
Around 200
Aluminum beverage cans. These items actually existed half a century ago. They are also very dangerous for small animals, because animals may climb, then trapped inside.
Aluminium recycling is a better approach. In this way, we can continue to take advantage of these resources, the cost is much lower than the production of new aluminium products.
Production of energy required for a new aluminium cans can make 20 recycling aluminum cans. Also, an aluminum can save energy alone can provide 3 hours of power for a TV.
More than 500 years
Plastic bottle. In fact, these petrochemicals may never be biodegradable, they contain chemical substances so retained in the soil intact.
Many plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), very long time. Therefore, PET products have to recycle it. After more and more PET plastic bottle recycling, are made from synthetic carpet fibers.
One to 2 million years
Glass jars and bottles. These items may go on forever, because we can see that the glass formed in lava hundreds of years ago still exist today.
Glass is made from Silicon, this is one of the most stable, durable minerals on Earth.
Moreover, in addition to looking beyond the unpleasant, glass, the biggest problem is easily broken. If there is a bio-trying to swallow or lick shards of glass left on the food or drink, it may result in serious injury.
After a long
Battery. After the outside of the battery with a thin metal skin break down, the chemicals will leak, such as lead, mercury and cadmium and zinc chloride. These substances are toxic and persistent in the soil. Batteries should be recycled, should not and other trash to throw away.
垃圾降解时间盘点：薯片袋需80年 - 环境,垃圾降解 - IT资讯
注：虽然这篇新闻与IT关系不大，然而IT资讯为了呼吁大家保护环境“毅然决然”地转载了。
北京时间5月21日消息，据国外媒体报道，我们都曾在路上见到过这样的情景：路的两侧堆满了饮料罐、咖啡纸杯、汉堡餐盒和香烟盒等垃圾。我们总希望等下次经过这里的时候，当地政府已经把它们清理干净了。但情况往往不是这样，下周，这些垃圾也许还在那儿；下下周，它们可能依然纹丝未动。
▲在一次A48号公路的清理活动中，活动参与者发现了一些33年前生产的薯片包装袋，说明它们已经在这里待了大约1716周（约33年）之久。
最让人心烦的是，虽然这些薯片早就被人吃掉了，但它们留下的包装袋看上去还像刚刚生产出来一样。
你可能会认为，这些垃圾肯定已经打破了垃圾存在时长的记录，但事实并非如此。科学家指出，塑料袋和塑料瓶可以经过数百年、数千年、甚至数百万年仍不降解。
不仅是人造的物品才这样，就连香蕉皮也能挺上一个多月，橘子皮更是可能花上两年时间才会完全分解。
本文将列出一系列垃圾的分解时间，让读者有一个大体的概念。总体上来说，这里说的是被扔在路边或乡村小道上的垃圾的分解时间，它们会受到各种动物和自然因素的影响。
不仅是人造的物品才这样，就连香蕉皮也能挺上一个多月，橘子皮更是可能花上两年时间才会完全分解。
两周
苹果核。虽然它的降解时间算是较短的，但果核或水果的其它部分会引来老鼠之类不受欢迎的生物。
一个月左右
纸巾、纸袋、报纸等。这些物品的降解速度很大程度上取决于它们的降解方式。例如，被埋进土中的纸巾的分解时间比暴露在空气中的纸巾要长得多。
六周
麦片包装盒、纸袋、香蕉皮等。此外，如果天气较冷的话，香蕉皮的降解时间可能还要更长。
果皮的作用是保护内部的果肉，因此果皮中富含纤维素，这也是玻璃纸包装的主要成分。
今年年初，环保主义者提出警告称，人们丢弃的果皮对苏格兰的本尼维斯山造成了严重污染，因为这些垃圾要数月时间才能完全降解。虽然果皮是天然产品，但这并不代表着它们就不是垃圾。
两到三个月
表面涂蜡的牛奶和果汁纸盒、硬纸板等。这些物品的降解速度取决于纸板的厚度。
园艺爱好者应当记住，硬纸板可以用来制成堆肥，所以没必要把它们一丢了之。
六个月
T恤等棉质衣物、平装书等。
在所有织物中，棉织物是最容易生物降解的。棉花也可以用来制成堆肥。如果天气足够温暖潮湿的话，一件薄薄的棉质衣物只要一周时间就能被生物降解掉。
一年
轻薄的羊毛衣物，如套头衫和袜子等。羊毛也是一种天然制品，在野外环境下，可以像羊的尸体一样腐烂掉。
羊毛在降解的同时，还会向土壤中释放一些有用的营养物质，如角蛋白等。因此，虽然羊毛制品可能和普通垃圾一样不入眼，它们对环境并不会造成长期的破坏。
两年
橘子皮、胶合板和烟头等。不过也有一些研究指出，烟头可能过了10年依然不会分解。
香烟中含有600多种成分，其中最难分解的当属醋酸纤维素，而95%的香烟滤嘴中都含有这种塑料。
五年
大衣等厚重的羊毛衣物。
20年
塑料袋等。但一些研究指出，有些塑料能过了1000年仍不腐烂。一些新生产的塑料袋能够在受到阳光照射时分解，但大多数塑料袋是由高密度聚乙烯制成的，非常不容易降解。自然界中的微生物不把该物质当作食物，因此不会去分解它。
30至40年
紧身衣、地毯、一次性尿布等尼龙制品。不过，也有人认为这些物品要500年左右才能分解，具体时长据环境条件而定。
虽然一次性尿布用起来非常方便，但它们实际上含有很多有害物质。一次性尿布在生产过程中会用到许多化学物质，如甲苯、乙苯、二甲苯和双戊烯等，还有一种名叫二噁英的高毒致癌物。
50年
易拉罐、汽车轮胎、运动鞋、泡沫纸杯、皮制品等。经过化学处理的皮制品甚至可以存在更长时间。鞋子上较厚的皮也要较长时间才能分解，大约需要80年。
75至80年
薯片包装袋。事实上，人们最近在迪恩森林发现的薯片包装袋还不是“年纪”最大的。2012年，尼尔·菲利普斯（Neil Phillips）在德文郡的海滩上发现了一个“金色奇迹”薯片包装袋。这个包装袋产于1967年，看起来却像上周刚被丢掉一样。许多食品包装袋都由“仿金属”的塑料薄膜制成，与袋子里装的食品相比，这些袋子的存在时间实在是长得可怕。
100年
六爪塑料戒托——它们最久能存在450年。这些戒托对于动物来说害处极大，因为它们可能会卡在动物的喉咙里，导致动物窒息，或者割伤动物的四肢。
200年左右
铝制饮料罐。这些物品实际上能存在半世纪之久。它们对小动物来说也十分危险，因为小动物可能会爬进去，然后卡在里面。
对铝进行循环利用无疑是一种更好的做法。这样一来，我们可以源源不断地利用这些资源，成本也比生产新的铝制品要低得多。
生产一个新铝罐所需要的能量可以制造20个循环利用的铝罐。并且，单是一个铝罐省下来的能量就能为一台电视机提供3小时的电量。
500年
塑料瓶。事实上，这些石油化学制品也许永远都无法被生物降解，它们含有的化学物质就这么原封不动地保留在土壤中。
许多塑料瓶由聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET）制成，降解时间极长。因此，PET制品必须得进行循环利用才行。越来越多的PET塑料瓶经过循环使用，被制成合成地毯纤维。
一到两百万年
玻璃罐和玻璃瓶。这些物品可能会永远存在下去，因为我们可以看到，数百年前在岩浆中形成的玻璃时至今日仍然存在。
玻璃主要由硅制成，这是地球上最稳定、最耐久的矿物质之一。
此外，除了看上去令人不快之外，玻璃最大的问题就是容易破碎。如果有生物试图吞下或舔食玻璃碎片上剩下的食物或饮料，就有可能遭受到严重的伤害。
更久之后
电池。在电池外面薄薄的金属外皮分解掉之后，内部的化学物质就会外泄，如氯化锌、铅、水银和镉等。这些物质都有毒性，并且会长期留存在土壤中。因此电池应当进行循环利用，不该和其它垃圾一起扔掉。