Tomorrow is earth day, I came across some interesting facts in the Argus Leader on Sunday.
"How long it takes items to decompose in a landfill:
3-4 weeks - Fruit peels
1 month - Paper bag
2 months - Cardboard
1 year - Wool sock
50 years - Tinned steel can
200-500 years - Aluminum cans (But if recycled, it can be reused within six weeks.)
550 years- Disposable diapers
20-1,000 years - Plastic bags
1 million years - Plastic jugs
1-2 million years - Glass
1+ million years - Styrofoam"
I was shocked by the time it took for plastic jugs, and diapers. I recycle but I don't consider myself a person that is extreme "green." I'm not sure how they figure the numbers on plastic jugs and Styrofoam because they haven't been around for a million years, I would suppose they take the rate of decomposition and figure from there. I guess it was a wake up call for me. I will recycle what I can and be an advocate for recycling.
I think that God would want us to recycle. Just look at His practices. He does it all the time. He takes the rank, stinkin', used-up, garbage of our lives and makes them new! Then we where a "sign" that says, "Made from recycled materials" so that we can tell the world! Thank you, God, for being Green and not leaving me in the landfill!
4 comments:
Steph, you make me smile...thank you!
A million years for plastic jugs?!
I'm feeling really guilty about all of that milk in the refrigerator.
Oh this is good. ... I've been really horrible at recycling, and this day has been an eye-opener for me, especially this post.
So thankful that he reached down and pulled me out of the landfill, too! So thankful to be "made from recylced materials!" If not for His recycling, I would most certainly be buried somewhere in the garbage of my life!
Thanks for the post - and the Spirit-filled thought!
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