[B] Environment & Sustainability ➢ Challenge 1 – #How long until it is gone? According to one of the researches, the following is the estimated time for some everyday items to decompose in landfills: Plastic bottle: 70-450 years Plastic bag: 500-1,000 years Tin can: around 50 years Leather shoes: 25-40 years Thread: 3-4 months Cotton: 1-5 months Rope: 3-14 months Cigarette: 1-12 years Aluminum can: 200 years Milk packet (tetra) covers and drink packets: 5 years Nylon clothes: 30-40 years Sanitary napkins and children diapers: 500-800 years Glass bottles: 1,000,000 years Hair spray bottle: 200-500 years Fishing line: 600 years Glass bottle: 1-2 million years Above points shown items how long they remain on Earth and seas In my house many plastic items like plastic bottle,plastic food packaging box,etc I inspire them to take a pledge to #giveup Atleast one single use plastic (plastic bottle). We not to use plastic bottles near future. #bsgindia #stayathome #scouts4sdgs #plasticchallenge #bsgptt #sankalpbyscoutguide