Most of the polythenes are not in the food cycle of microorganisms which decompose materials. generally it takes 2 to 5 years for a single piece of polythene to start getting decomposed, can take upto a decade for complete decomposition!
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Does not decompose
1700 years to decompose
how lond does it take to decompose a band aid
iron does not decompose but after a long time and i mean a long time it just starts to flake away but does not decompose
it takes over a year for it to decompose
it takes about 10 years to decompose .
Polythene is a long chain of carbon compounds and these are non-biodegradable i.e, they don't decompose..........These substances undergo photo degradation in which they convert themselves into small toxic substances..........when this toxic substances are eaten by cattle they die..............
Synthetic fabrics, such as polyester and nylon, can take hundreds to thousands of years to decompose in a landfill site due to their non-biodegradable nature. This long decomposition time contributes to environmental pollution and sustainability issues.
A cotton bag will take a few months to biodegrade/decompose.
Fiber glass may take a very long to decompose depending on its composition. If it is pure glass or made from sand then it may never decompose.
100yrs
it takes about 2000 yrs to decompose(this answer is not good)