Recycling Facts
Name one way to reduce single-use plastic consumption.
Answer: What is using a reusable water bottle?
What is composting?
Answer: What is the process of breaking down organic waste into nutrient-rich soil?
How long does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?
Answer: What is 450 years?
What is one simple action you can take to save water at home?
Answer: What is turning off the tap while brushing your teeth?
What college did she graduate from?
USC!
What energy-saving practice involves turning off lights when not in use?
Answer: What is conserving electricity?
True or False: Meat and dairy products should be composted.
Answer: What is false?
What is the most common type of litter found in the ocean?
Answer: What is cigarette butts?
What does the term "carbon footprint" refer to?
Answer: What is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by an individual or activity?
What is the name of her dog ?
Linguini!
Name one benefit of planting trees.
Answer: What is improving air quality? (Other acceptable answers: providing habitat for wildlife, reducing carbon dioxide)
Name a common kitchen item that can be composted.
What are vegetable scraps? (Other acceptable answers: fruit peels, coffee grounds)
Which country generates the most waste per capita?
Answer: What is the United States?
Name one advantage of using public transportation over driving a personal car.
Answer: What is reducing carbon emissions?
True or False, Dr. Panossian was on the Varsity basketball team Freshman year of High school
True
What percentage of plastic bottles are actually recycled in the United States?
What are the two main types of materials needed for composting?
Answer: What are greens and browns?
What is the most common item found in household trash?
Answer: What is food waste?
What is the process of purchasing less and choosing quality over quantity known as?
Answer: What is conscious consumption?
True or False? Dr. Panossian is half Armenian & half Mexican
True
Which country is the largest exporter of recyclable materials?
Answer: What is the United States?
Name one sign that your compost pile is healthy and active.
What is the presence of earthworms?
What percentage of plastic waste has ever been recycled globally?
Answer: What is around 9%?
Name one benefit of planting trees.
Answer: What is improving air quality? (Other acceptable answers: providing habitat for wildlife, reducing carbon dioxide)
Dr. Panossian grew up in San Diego, True or False?
False!