Question

What are the materials that persist in the environment for long time? How are these
materials broken down?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Normally, plastic items take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills. But plastic bags we use in our everyday life take 10-20 years to decompose, while plastic bottles take 450 years. Just in the United States alone, every year more than 18 billion disposable diapers are thrown away.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

: man has made the material like plastic to persist in an environment for a long time because of its non-biodegradable property. When a material is non-biodegradable in nature, it remains non-degradable in the environment for a long time and hence many can use it for many years