Table 1.

Selected wastes and their rate of degradation (Elekwachi et al., 2019).

s/n	Waste	Period of degradation
1	Glass	Not yet determined
2	Plastics	100–1000 + years
3	Aluminium, tin and other metals	200–500 years
4	Woollen cloth	12 months
5	Cotton cloth	2–5 months
6	Paper	10–30 days
7	Organic waste	7–15 days