Michael Byers | Loving Colorado To Death For 5280 Magazine
October 18, 2017 Michael Byers
Here’s a super fun piece by MICHAEL BYERS done for 5280 | Denver’s Mile High Magazine! The article called “Are We Loving Colorado’s Wild Places to Death?” is about how Coloradans have to take better care of their “unadulterated wildlands” if they love it so much and want to see it last. For example here are some facts about how long it would take for trash items to biodegrade if left in the wilderness. I bet most people have no clue! Colorado, it’s time to clean up, no pun intended.
- Banana peels: up to 2 years
- wool socks: 1-5 years
- nylon fabric: 30 to 40 years
- fishing line: 50 years
- disposable diapers: 80 to 100 years
- plastic bottles: 450 years
- aluminum cans: 600 years
- tin cans: 1 million years
- glass bottles: never
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