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How long does it Take to Degrade?

by Christopher and Robbie

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How long it takes certain materials to degrade in the ocean
By Christopher and Robbie
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Fishing line takes 600 years to degrade in the ocean
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Scientists predict that the wait of ocean plastics will exceed the combined weight of all the fish in the seas by 2050

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most debris items take along time to degrade in the ocean.alot of factors determine how long it will take for certain materials to degrade such as material type size thickness product take hundreds of years to degrade glass never breaks down
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Plastic bags - 20 years
Cigarette but - 10 years
Takeaway coffee cups - 50 years
Aluminium cans 200 years
plastic bottles - 450 years
The countries polluting the ocean the most
Annual metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste and total amount ending up in global waters
China - 8.80 million
Indonesia - 3.20 million
Phillipines - 1.90 million
Vietnam - 1.80 million
Sri lanka 1.80 million
Egypt - 1.00 million
Thailand - 1.00 million
Malaysia - 0.90 million
Nigeria - 0.90 million
Bangledesh - 0.80 million
Brazil - 0.50 million

United states - 0.30 million
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