Are you chucking used batteries in the trash? Are you aware that they take two million years to decompose?

Trash

By Daniel Barker – Natural News

(NaturalNews) The average person generates around 4.3 pounds of trash per day – and you might be surprised at just how long it takes for it all to decompose.

A recent litter cleanup campaign in Britain revealed that many types of trash take a lot longer to break down than most people might imagine, reported the Daily Mail.

For instance, volunteers cleaning up a section of the A48 roadway in the Forest of Dean region near Gloucestershire, England, found “crisp” (potato chip) packages that were 33 years old, but which looked as if they had been thrown out of a car window within the past week.

Continue reading at Natural News: Are you chucking used batteries in the trash? Are you aware that they take two million years to decompose?

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