A typical america generate around 4 pounds of waste per person every day, totaling more than 220 million tons of trash each year – a majority of which gets sorted and sent to landfills.

What happens to this trash we send away and how long does it take discarded items to decompose?

Below, we show you some of the more trowaway things:

Paper Towel - 2 to 4 weeks
Orange or Banana Peel - 2 to 5 weeks
Apple Core - 2 Months
Cotton Shirt - 2 to 5 Months
Plywood - 1 to 3 Years
Cigarette Filter - 1 to 5 Years
Plastic Bag - 10 to 20 Years
Nylon - 30 to 40 Years
Leather - 50 Years
Bamboo Flowering - 40 to 50 Years
Plastic Foam - 50 Years
Rubber Boot Sole - 50 to 80 Years
Aluminum Can - 80 to 200 Years
Disposable Diapers - 450 Years
Glass Bottle - 1 Million Years