FWIW I have found that milk jugs have a half-life as a float of around 6 months, before breaking up into multiple pieces that distribute themselves around the pond.

2-liter bottles emptied of Diet Mountain Dew have lasted two years and still counting.


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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