How long do plastic bottles take to start disintegrating? Also any facts about what they do to the environment, and the habitat for us and other living creatures. Thank you.
I know that birds eat plastic bags thinking they're food and it restricts their airway and they die. But I heard it takes some plastic bottles 20 years or more to begin to break down and so that's why they are re-used (check for that on the search engines) as flooring, winter jackets, roadways, etc. are made from plastic bottles
The average life span of a plastic bottle is from 300 to 500 hundred years.
Plastic doesn't biodegrade it just breaks down into smaller parts. If it goes into a landfill it will be there hundreds of years from now. If it becomes litter the sunlight will help it break down and will likely be ingested by an animal which would be fatal. Recycling is the best option, but plastic processing is very toxic and creates a lot of pollution. It is best to avoid them as much as possible.
