How long does it take for a plastic fork to decompose?

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: How long does it take for a plastic fork to decompose?

Date: Sun Jun 6 19:58:13 1999
Posted by andrea wang
Grade level: School: dartmouth college
City: hanover State/Province: NH Country: USA
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 928717093.En

Message:


How long does it take for an average piece of plastic, say a 
plastic fork, to decompose? If it does compose? Is there a half-
life?
Thanks so much!

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