What's In Your Water?

Trash don't disappear overnight.

It may seem like a small thing to toss your empty coke bottle over the side of the boat or out the car window, but did you know that it takes 450 years for a plastic drink bottle to disappear?

Below are a few other items and their "disappear" times:

50 years: Styrofoam cup
200 years: Aluminum can
450 years: Disposable diaper
450 years: Plastic milk jug
Unknown: Glass bottle

To see a larger list, visit the Adopt a Shore Website.