Grace Garbage
Environment
Water
Which Bin?
Climate Change
100
These are the four waste bins at Grace.
What is:
Green - Paper Recycling, Black - Landfill, Brow - Compost, Blue - Recycling (metal, glass, plastic)
100
Global warming is happening most rapidly in these locations.
What are the North and South Poles?
100
Is the recommended ounces of water that a person should drink over or under 72 ounces
What is under? (64 ounces)
100
Where these trash items belong
What is the black trash bin?
100
This is the greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels
What is carbon dioxide?
200
This is the NYC government agency responsible for dealing with school garbage.
Department of Sanitation
200
This is the biome New York City belongs to.
What is a temperate deciduous forest?
200
What percent of the earth’s water is available fresh water?
What is 0.5% of the earth's water is available and not frozen
200
Where paper waste should go
What is the green paper recycling bin?
200
This is the greenhouse gas produced by rotting food.
What is methane?
300
This floor at Grace has the most waste storage.
What is the basement?
300
This is the target temperature limit goal set by the Paris Climate Accords.
What is 1.5 Celcius?
300
On average, do schools in the U.S. use over or under 20,000 gallons of water per day?
What is over? (22,864 gallons)
300
Where metal glass and plastic should go
What is the blue metal/glass/plastic bin?
300
The Lower East Side Storm Surge Barrier is being created because of this climate change phenomenon.
What are rising sea levels?
400
This is the total amount of waste in the cafeteria? (+/- 15 pounds)
What is 13 lbs?
400
This is the decade that the United States Congress first become aware of the threat of climate change.
What is the 1980s
400
This is the number of water fountains in the Grace HS
What is 13?
400
Where napkins used during lunch should go
What is the brown compost bin?
400
Tree cover in New York City helps mitigate this climate concern.
What is air temperature or heat?
500
This is the number of pounds of food is wasted in Grace every day (+/- 15 pounds)
66 lbs
500
This is the first brand to turn plastic waste into clothing.
What is Patagonia?
500
Has Grace saved over or under 260,000 water bottles by using the bottler fillers?
What is over? (261,759)
500
This is what happens to NYC compost
What is turned into renewable energy to heat homes or into compost sold to landscapers?
500
This was the year, on September 20th, that climate protests were likely the largest in world history, and featured a march down the southern end of Manhattan.
What was 2019?