2007-01-02 06:59:27 · 5 answers · asked by Miss Kitty 1 in Environment
Roughly 12,000 years.
-This website:
http://www.cqc.com/~ccswmd/trivia.htm
estimates the annual trash output of the United States as enough to fill a 100 mile deep hole the size of a football field, which works out to about a fifth of a cubic mile.
-This website
http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/geography.htm#grandcanyon
estimates the total volume of the grand canyon as 2500 cubic miles.
-dividing the volume of the grand canyon by the volume of annual trash output works out to around 12,000 years.
2007-01-02 07:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Geoffrey F 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
12,000 years
1.0 m3 per week times 270 million people times 1.7 x 52 weeks a year = 3.8 million square miles.
2007-01-02 07:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by south of france 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep the oceans clean
2016-06-11 12:09:53 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least seven nanoseconds.
2007-01-02 07:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
not long at all, we waste so much it is ridiculous.
2007-01-02 07:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by fuzzylilhippiechick 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋