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Answers - Living With Trash

Banana peel

1. Banana peel will take letter C, "3 to 5 weeks to decompose."

 

 
A single cigarette butt extinguished on the floor.

2. Cigarette butt will take letter B, "10 years to decompose."

 
An unmarked aluminum soda can.

3. Aluminum can will take letter A, "100 years to decompose."

 
An image of a sea turtle that was caught up in a plastic six-pack holder and eventually grew with it's midsection confined to the narrow space.

4. Plastic six-pack holder will take letter C, "450 years to decompose."

 
Image of green glass bottles.

5. Glass bottles will take letter C, "Forever to decompose."

Did You Know?

U.S. Army emblem for Nike system of missiles

Nike missiles were designed to protect key industrial and military centers, not civilians.