Here’s one for you: Did you ever wonder exactly what kind of “footprint” you’re leaving on the planet? Reporter Mike Lipsitz breaks down the decomposition of everyday trash…
Toss your “footprint-making” leather shoes out of your vehicle and it’ll be another 25 to 40 years before they disappear (unless another soul picked them up of course). Remember the fellow who’d walk a mile for a Camel? Well, if was a filtered Camel, the filter would still be around for another 10 to 12 years. Plastic bags decompose in 10 to 20 years; plastic containers, 50 to 80 years; aluminum cans, 80 to 100 years. Even an orange peel will stick around for six months or longer in the desert. Styrofoam: Never. At the end of time, all that will be left are cockroaches and the packing peanuts. Nobody wants to stumble across our litter for decades. Let’s think beyond ourselves and let our footprints be all that we leave behind in the desert. and not trash our home.
