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Does online or in-person shopping produce more waste?
Online.
More packaging waste and CO2 emissions are produced from shopping online than in person
The name of the Lehigh dining program that offers reusable food containers
Eco Container Program
Can you recycle pizza boxes at Lehigh?
No! The grease is a contaminant.
What category of waste is the most prevalent in landfills?
Food
Worms
What is one way to reduce the waste produced from eating at Rathbone?
Using reusable silverware, reusable bags, only taking what you can eat, etc.
The name of the trendy and free (!) thrift store on Lehigh's campus
Instagram: luswapshop
Lehigh's most significant recycling problem
Food contamination
Number of plastic bags Americans use per year.
a. 20 billion
b. 50 billion
c. 75 billion
d. 100 billion
d. 100 billion
The percent of municipal waste that could be composted, but is currently going to landfills or incinerators
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 65%
c. 50%
The monetary value (in USD) of the food waste produced in the US per year
a. 750 million
b. 17 billion
c. 99 billion
d. 161 billion
d. 161 billion dollars
The name for the phenomenon that occurs when inexpensive clothing is mass-produced rapidly in response to the latest trends. This phenomenon is a large contributor to global CO2 emissions and textile waste.
Fast fashion
The part of a plastic water bottle that cannot be recycled at Lehigh
Caps
Which is an example of overuse of packaging?
a. Oranges with plastic wrap
b. Apple slices in a bag
c. Boiled eggs in containers
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
The organic component of soil formed by the decomposition of plant material
Humus or compost
Where can single-use plastic cups from the dining halls be recycled on campus?
Large blue recycling bins
Name a thrift store in Bethlehem
Better Buy Thrift Shop, Via Thrift, The Attic, Goodwill, Designer Consigner Shop
What is black, white, red all over, and recyclable?!
A newspaper
How many tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans per year?
a. 2 million
b. 5 million
c. 10 million
d. 12 million
c. 10 million tons
The average number of pound(s) of food waste produced by a person in the US every day
a. 0.5
b. 1.0
c. 2.0
b. 1 pound of food per day
That's 81.4 billion pounds of food waste produced by the US every year!
The percent increase in Amazon's CO2 emissions from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, amazon produced 51.17 million metric tons of CO2.
a. 5%
b. 15%
c. 23%
d. 30%
b. 15%
What is the average life span of a piece of clothing?
a. 10 years
b. 2.5 years
c. 5.4 years
d. 1.1 years
c. 5.4 years
The percent less energy it takes to recycle an aluminum can instead of producing a new one.
a. 30%
b. 65%
c. 80%
d. 95%
d. 95%
The number of disposable dining hall containers thrown away on campus last semester.
a. 20,000
b. 50,000
c. 70,000
d. 80,000
d. 80,000 containers
Lehigh dining hall currently piloting pre-consumer composting
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