pollution
recycling
composting
100

The Biggest Contributor to Soil Pollution

A) Ocean Dumping

B) Landfills

C) Power plants 

Landfills

100

percent of waste in landfills that could be recycled

80%

100

Percent of waste in landfills that can be composted

28%

200
Number of pieces of trash in the ocean

5.25 Trillion

200

Motor oil cannot be recycled, true or false

False

200

cars on the road equivalent that would be removed if everybody composted

7.8 million

300
Number of marine animals that die yearly from plastic incidents

a) 50,000

b) 1 million

c) 100,000

100,000

300

Current U.S recycling rate

32%

300

Way in which composting improves soil quality

Can hold 2.5 times more water

400

The number of people killed and affected by pollution

100 million +

400

Leading city for reycling

San Francisco

400

Gas released by waste breaking down in landfills

Methane

500
Tons of material prevented from being disposed off and polluting landfills due to recycling and composting in 2010

85 million

500

Percent of America's waste that is recyclable

75%

500

Compost bins are cold true or false

False

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