How long does it take to decompose a piece of plasticwrap, newspaper, and a banana peel?

Question

I am having a hard time finding this info.

Thanks, Bnbangel1031

Answer 1

in my garden, newspaper, six layers thick, placed under compost as a weed barrier in fall is gone by the next summer....

banana peels , placed in the soil beside my rose bushes as a fertilizer, remain usually about a month or two....

plastic wrap, due to it's filmy nature is faster to break down than other plastics, but it still takes many years.... but there's hope... the chemists are working on plastics with a built in self-destruct mechanism..... especially for plastics left in the air and not buried.... here's a bit about that

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/vista/9709/2.html

some info here...

http://mdc.mo.gov/nomoretrash/facts/

Answer 2

Need more info. Enviornmental factors-heat, moisture, etc.
in the sun? in the shade? buried, under water?

Regardless, the plastic will take thousands of years. Given the right conditions, the newspaper and banana peel may
decompose in a matter of days.

Answer 3

the more natural and organic the quicker the decompose and recycling back into enviromoment so-banana peel, newspaper, and plasticwrap never because it isn't biodegradable.

Answer 4

banana and news paper a few days

plastic around 40-50 thousand years

actually depends what environment they are in

Answer 5

That is because nobody can tell you that. It depends on too many variables. Like is it burried? is it in the sun? is it under water? what bugs are present? What is the pH of the environment?

Answer 6

Possibly years.

Answer 7

years! decades for the plasticwrap!