Latex balloons, typically synonymous with festive ... Items like beverage bottles, bags, cutlery, plates, straws and balloon sticks litter beaches, seas and waterways far and wide.

The balloon industry markets latex rubber balloons as biodegradable ... This makes them single-use trash in the same way that grocery bags and straws are, and releasing them into the environment ...

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Other latex balloons are synthetic ... and strings also rank just behind discarded fishing gear and plastic bags and utensils due to the high risk of entanglement and death that they pose to ...

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Yes, but not all of them. The shiny, foil Mylar balloons never break down, only becoming smaller pieces of plastic. The standard latex balloon is biodegradable but takes several months to break down.

That goes for traditional latex balloons as well as Mylar or foil balloons. Some latex balloons are marketed as biodegradable, but the speed at which these balloons break down is debated.