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When I first ventured into composting, I found that nut waste was one of the most difficult things to deal with. After some research, I found that chemically it can take 2 to 3 years for the shells to decompose. My recommendation would be to grind up the shells if you are adding them to your compost pile. They will still take time to break down, but it adds a nice bulk to your compost.
But the exact decomposing time differs. Generally, it could take about a year for the body to decompose into a skeleton in ordinary soil and eight to twelve years to decompose a skeleton. And if a dead body is inside a coffin and buried deep underground, it could even take 50 years to decompose all tissues on the body. Normally, substantial decomposition mostly occurs in the course of two weeks, and the bodyâs soft tissues start disintegrating even with preservation.