Following is a transcript of the video. Your body is made up of over 200 bones, a few trillion microbes, and as many as 37 trillion cells. And while death is often thought of as the end of the ...

For instance, a plastic bag from the grocery store can take up to 20 years to decompose. A plastic straw can take 200 years ...

For instance, rubber tires decompose naturally over a fairly reasonable-sounding period of 50 to 80 years. Wait, what's that? Engine blocks will take at least 500 years to break down? Ouch.

This eco-friendly feature sets them apart from traditional batteries, which can take decades to decompose and often release toxic substances into the environment, according to Interesting Engineering.