HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DECOMPOSE

THINK ABOUT THE BELOW LIST BEFORE YOU ARE THROWING SOMETHING TO THE SOIL. 




HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DECOMPOSE   
Paper Towel - 2-4 weeks
Banana Peel - 3-4 weeks
Paper Bag - 1 month
Newspaper - 1.5 months
Apple Core - 2 months 
Cardboard - 2 months
Cotton Glove - 3 months
Orange peels - 6 months
Plywood - 1-3 years
Wool Sock - 1-5 years
Milk Cartons - 5 years
Cigarette Butts - 10-12 years
Leather shoes - 25-40 years
Tinned Steel Can - 50 years
Foamed Plastic Cups - 50 years
Rubber-Boot Sole - 50-80 years
Plastic containers - 50-80 years
Aluminum Can - 200-500 years
Plastic Bottles - 450 years
Disposable Diapers - 550 years
Monofilament Fishing Line - 600 years
Plastic Bags - 200-1000 years
Glass - 1-2 million years 

හිතවත් පාඨක ඔබ සැමට සුභ නව වසරක් වේවා

President pays homage to Jaya Sri Mahabodhi

President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Anuradhapura last morning and paid homage to the Sacred Jaya Sri Mahabodhi seeking blessings for the New Year. The President who was accompanied by First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and son Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa offered a cheevara and pirikara pooja to the Sacred Bodhi.

ලක්‍ෂ 350 සිට 400 දක්වා අත්පිට මුදලට වලව්වක් උවමණායි

වයඹ පළාතේ, කුරුණෑගල දිස්ති‍්‍රක්කය තුළ  ඕනෑම මැතිවරණ කොට්ඨාශයකින් කෑලි හැලෙන තාලයේ අබලන් පරණ වලව්වක් රුපියල් ලක්‍ෂ 350 සිට 400 දක්වා අත්පිට මුදලට මිලදී ගැනීමට රජයේ එක්තරා ඇමතිවරයෙකු හට අවශ්‍ය වී ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. 

Dinakshie , Sheshadrie and Shanudri sis with SDC

Senewirathna as a photographer shows a different style of his own.. Fashion photo shoots are more conceptualized where he do his own designs (clothes) styling, pose direction, concept direction, edit, retouch and at times the hair and makeup too.. 

Shalani Tharaka Photo Collection

Gayesha Perera's Christmas present

Sri Lanka Tourism achieves 800,000 arrivals in 2011

Achieving another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of 800,000th tourist in year 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (19th Dec.) evening. A team of tourism officials headed by the Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism-Dr.Nalaka Godahewa and Managing Director –Mr. Rumy Jauffeur with a group of representatives from travel and tourism Industry warmly welcomed the guest  Mr. John Chambi and Mrs. Nadia Chambi  who arrived via UL 510 Sri Lankan Airlines flight from London.

This is the first time ever; the tourism industry has received number of arrivals exceeding 800,000 in any given year, making it a ground breaking figure in tourism records.