It's easy to ignore your trash. You put it in the can and it magically disappears, right? Nah, it's actually going to hang around for a long, long while. Depending on what you're trashing, it might be here long after you've decomposed.
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The amount of time it takes for trash to break down is staggering
Do you have 450 years to wait for a diaper to breakdown?
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