breaking it down

breaking it down #723523 03/25/06 04:57 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 810 Plano, TX B Bass_Lady_In_Plano OP Pro Angler
OP Bass_Lady_In_Plano Pro Angler B Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 810 Plano, TX	i found this info online & just thought i'd share it. i'll be a little sexist here & say that i think us ladies understand how to care for things... including our environment this was particularly shocking to me 'cause i've been spending a lot of time in rowlett creek fishing for sand bass...and that place is just a dump. i can't get over the things folks do 'BREAKING IT DOWN' Cotton rags: 1-5 months Paper: 2-5 months Rope: 3-14 months Orange peels: 6 months Wool socks: 1 to 5 years Cigaratte butts: 1 to 12 years Plastic coated paper milk cartons: 5 years Plastic bags: 10 to 20 years Leather shoes: 25 to 40 years Nylon fabric: 30 to 40 years Tin cans: 50 to 100 years Aluminum cans: 80 to 100 years Plastic 6 pack holder rings: 450 years Glass bottles: 1 million years Plastic bottles: Forever -An original 'Yupneck' from the Appalachians

Re: breaking it down #723524 03/25/06 11:48 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,386 Corinth, Tx USA M MsBass Extreme Angler
MsBass Extreme Angler M Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,386 Corinth, Tx USA	It's really shocking. Some folks just really don't care though. There the ones that should be out there dragging the lakes for the trash. I think anyone who is caught littering should have to do sometime cleaning it up.

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