This vehicle replaced the horse and wagon that was used to collect trash.
What is a garbage truck
100
This program, whose initials are PAYT, encourages people to produce less waste by charging them on how much waste they produce
What is Pay-As-You-Throw
100
What is known as the Great Pacific garbage patch is also known as a gyre (a large circular system of currents) of marine this
What is trash or garbage
200
This day in April celebrates the environment and Mother Earth.
What is Earth Day
200
Garbage taxes help slow the release of this green house gas into the atmosphere
What is methane gas
200
Fly-tipping, in which an individual tries to get rid of their trash outside the law, is another term for this type of dumping
What is illegal (dumping)
300
This state, between Washington and California, implemented the first "bottle bill", a bill that offered cash for recyclable items.
What is Oregon
300
Out of 300 million people in the United States, this many people which equals 25% of the population, use waste management programs
What is 75 million people
300
In attempt to get rid of their garbage without paying a garbage tax, some families, individuals, and businesses illegally dump, inadvertently causing this type of crime.
What is organized (crime)
400
Also equal to 4^2, this is the average state landfill capacity in terms of years.
What is 16 years
400
This is the percentage of taxes American citizens pay for gross domestic products, 76% less than a 100%
What is 24%
400
The PAYT program is this type of tax
What is regressive (tax)
500
In 1968 this president commissioned the "National Survey of Community Solid Waste Practices"
Who is President Johnson
500
When there are more of this then countries have citizens who live a better quality of life
What are taxes
500
Nearly all of the 1.5 million Layson Albatrosses that inhabit Midway Atoll have a substantial amount of plastic in their stomachs. One-third of their young die from being fed this from their parents