PET is the standard technical term for what product?
What is Polyethylene Terephthalate or Plastic
100
Recycling is
What is a series of activities or a process that includes collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, and manufacturing raw materials into new products.
100
This man-made areas where waste is placed into the land is
What is a landfill?
100
You can earn money by recycling?
What is aluminum?
100
This is where most old/obsolete computers go when we are finished using them.
What is landfills? 90% end up as trash or in landfills.
200
2.7 pounds per person per day
4.4 pounds per person per day
10.1 pounds per person per day
22.9 pounds per person per day
Is the amount of pounds of waste per day US residents produced in 2001.
What is 4.4 pounds per person per day?
200
The numbers on the bottoms of plastic containers
What is a coding system that distinguishes between different types of plastic.
200
4 ways to prevent the need for landfills
What are reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuy?
200
The most recycled drink container on the planet is made from
What is aluminum?
200
The average number of cell phones that are being trhown away since 2005.
1 million 50 million
130 million 180 million
What is 130 million?
300
5 50
17 100
Is the number of trees that are saved when one ton of paper is recycled.
17 trees are saved when one ton of paper is recycled.
300
Recycled newspaper becomes
What is newsprint, wrapping paper, manufactured into molded packaging, shredded and fire-proofing added for blown-in insulation or manufactured into dry wall surfacing?
300
This is how long it takes leather shoes to decompose in a landfill
5 months 1 year
12 years 40 years
What is 40 years. It takes leather shoes 40-50 years to decompose in a landfill.
300
This is the percent of metal and tires in an automobile that can be recycled.
45% 63%
17% 100%
What is 100%
300
This is how long it will take for a television set to decompose in a landfill.
15 years 100 years
223 years Never
What is never? Consider the plastics and metals used to make the computers.
400
70% 17%
36% 8%
Is the percentage of trash made up of discarded paper?
What is 36%? Approximately 36% of trash is made up of discarded paper.
400
Number 2 plastics (HDE) such as water jugs, shampoo bottles, bleach bottles, detergent and fabric softener jugs are made into
What are plastic lumber and park benches?
400
This waste accounts for 23% of the waste entering landfills.
What is paper waste?
400
This is how you would dispose of an out-of-service stove or refrigerator.
What is recycle it? There are more than 12,000 places to recycle out-of-service appliances across the country.
400
E-waste
What is electronic waste? It's one of the fastest growing sources of landfill waste and it consists of computers, cell phones, televisions, stereo equipment and more.
500
Source reduction or waste prevention means
What is consuming and throwing away less.
500
This is being used to fuel buses and cars as a biofuel.
What is restaurant cooking grease?
500
The Great Wall of China and New York's Fresh Kills Landfill
What are 2 man-made structures that can be seen with the naked eye from outer space?
500
Old tires are recycled in to this product
What is running tracks or roads, tread on athletic shoes and possibly new tires?
500
The best way to reduce the flow of e-waste to landfills.
What is use the item longer, donate the item, upgrade the item without replacing it, reconsider the need for the item, buy replacements from companies who will recycle the parts.