Vocabulary
Convert waste into reusable material.
Recycle
This material is widely used for most things but cannot be recycled.
Plastic
Four steps to decrease the amount of waste you produce.
rethink, reduce, reuse, and recycle
This is responsible for the second largest share of greenhouse gas emissions
Electricity production
97% of the world's water.
Salt water
Humans exhale this gas, which trees convert back into oxygen.
Carbon Dioxide
True or False : Can glass be recycled more than once?
True : Glass can be recycled an infinite amount of times.
These invertebrates help speed composting.
worms
Percentage of Carbon Dioxide output caused by transportation (±5%)
29% (24-34%)
These chemicals are sprayed on plants to keep bugs from eating them, but they are poisonous and can make humans sick.
Pesticides
A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.
Resources
True or False : KFC boxes should be placed in the recycle bin after emptied.
False : Due to the high amount of grease, these boxes should be placed in the trash.
Where does reducing waste start: from recycling bin, donation drop-off site or shopping cart?
Shopping Cart
Buying durable vs. disposable, in bulk vs. single packaged, reusable vs. single use, and choosing products that have less packaging are some of the first steps to making less waste.
The ocean in which currents have pulled litter together to form a giant mass like an island.
the Pacific Ocean
Why does higher temperatures mean more bugs?
Higher temperatures allow bugs to go to places that were once too cold.
When Particulate Matter from burning fossil fuels and other sources evaporates with water to form raindrops, this results.
Acid Rain
True or False : Cigarettes are recyclable.
True : Cigarettes are recycled into couch cushions, pillows, and teddy bears. This is because cigarettes are cleaned and turned into pure cotton to be used.
https://www.filaret3d.com/ (Estonian company)
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Plastic is a ______ piece of trash that is getting recycled in our landfills and later put into the ocean.
non-biodegradable
Why do electic cars still make CO2?
They use electricity which comes from power plants that burn coal.
This famous scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his work with solar panels.
Albert Einstein
If you live too far to walk or to bike somewhere what can you do to make your ride less harmful?
Carpool
This country has the generates the highest garbage in the world.
China
What is the difference between a sanitary landfill and a landfill site?
sanitary landfill- trench is dug and layers of garbage and soil are inserted into the trench
landfill site- garbage is piled up
How much greenhouse gas emissions does a nuclear power plant produce a day?
zero
What type of gases does recycling prevents being released into the earth's atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases, Methane, Carbon Dioxide