Certain products can be reused, repaired or even given away rather than thrown away. Packaging and plastic bags which have replaced baskets made of natural fibers and boxes made of wood and banana or other leaves are taking over more and more. When they are thrown away, they pollute the natural environment and can harm certain animals and fish.
Recycling of household waste
Sensible consumption also frequently means less consumption!
A few examples...
The time it takes rubbish to break down in nature depends on its constituents, and on the weather. It often takes decades for it to disappear naturally.
- Paper tissues 3 months,
- Newspaper 3-12 months,
- Match stick 6 months,
- Cigarette butt 1 to 5 years,
- Chewing-gum 5 years,
- Fruit peelings 3 months to 2 years
- Plastic lighter 100 years,
- Aluminum can 100 to 500 years,
- Plastic bag or cup 100
- to 1,000 years,
- Polystyrene 1,000 years,
- Telephone card 1,000 years,
- Glass 4,000 years
