In 2001 U.S. residents produced how many pounds of waste per person per day?
A. 2.7 pounds
B. 4.4 pounds
C. 10.1 pounds
D. 22.9 pounds
What is 4.4 pounds?
100
What kitchen products should not be put into a compost bin?
What is non-biodegradable products?
100
What is recycling?
What is the process of using discarded materials to create new materials?
100
What is a landfill?
What is a place to dispose of trash?
100
What is an alternative to sending food waste to the landfill?
What is composting?
200
How many trees are saved when 1 ton of paper is recycled?
A. 5
B. 17
C. 50
D. 100
What is 17 trees?
200
What is vermicomposting?
What is composting using worms?
200
What do the numbers on the bottoms of plastic bottles and containers mean?
What is a guide to toxic chemicals in the plastic, how biodegradable it is, and how safe it is?
200
Name 4 ways to prevent the need for landfills.
What is reduce, reuse, recycle, and renew?
200
What is the best way to dispose of books?
What is donate?
300
What % of trash is made up of discarded paper?
A. 70%
B. 36%
C. 17%
D. 8%
What is 36%?
300
Yard trimmings and food waste together constitute how much of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream going into landfills?
A. 10%
B. 23%
C. 38%
D. 51%
What is 23%?
300
What does recycled newspaper become?
What is paper products?
300
What is the average time it takes for a pair of leather shoes to decompose in a landfill?
A. 5 months
B. 12 years
C. 1 year
D. 40 years
What is 40 years?
300
What are 2 substitutes for Styrofoam for packing and shipping?
What is magazine pages, newspaper, old clothes, junk mail, sandwich bags, yarn?
400
What are 2 ways shredded newspapers can be used at home?
What is pet bedding, fire starters, package padding?
400
Worms and heat help speed up decomposition in compost bins. Name 2 other organisms that contribute to decomposition in a worm bin.
What is bacteria, fungi, centipedes, snails, slugs, beetles, ants, flies?
400
Plastic lumber and park benches are made by recycling which plastic?
What is polyurethane?
400
What material in the waste stream accounts for 23% of the fill entering landfills?
A. Yard waste
B. Food waste
C. Paper waste
D. Plastic waste
What is yard waste?
400
What farm products are being used to make plastic?
What is corn?
500
What is 1 use for recycled, old tires?
What is planters?
500
How much food do worms consume daily?
What is 1 pound of food?
500
Scientists are experimenting with recycling restaurant cooking grease to make what new energy source?
What is biofuel?
500
Which of these manmade structures can be seen with the naked eye from outer space?
A. 500 mile race track
B. The Great Wall of China
C. The Panama Canal
D. Fresh Kills landfill in New York
What is The Great Wall of China?
500
What is the largest source of oil pollution?
A. Freight liner/ship oil spills
B. Spills at gas stations
C. Recreational boats on lakes
D. Do-it-yourself oil changes