Waste Bins
Pollution
Materials
The Three R's
100
The brown bin is for _______________.
Compost (fruits, vegetables, plants)
100
True or false: Pollution can be easily fixed.
False. Pollution cannot be easily fixed because there is so much damage already done. We also cannot just "stop polluting" the air or water all in one day.
100
What is the opposite of burnable?
Non-burnable
100
What does reduce mean?
Reduce means to make less of something or make something smaller.
200
Name the 4 colours of the waste bins in Germany.
Blue, Grey, Brown, and Yellow
200
What might happen if you litter plastic?
An animal could eat it, an animal might get hurt or stuck by it, it could poison the ground, anything else teacher finds correct
200
If something is waterproof, it does not get ruined by water. What is the opposite of waterproof?
Leaky
200
Bringing a cloth bag to the supermarket everytime instead of buying a plastic bag is an example of ________.
reusing You are using it again and again.
300
What goes into each bin? Give the colour and kind of waste.
Yellow - Plastic and Metal Packaging Blue - Paper Brown - Compost Grey - Other Waste
300
Why did Dr Seuss write the Lorax?
The lake near his home was poisoned and he was very angry about it
300
What is the opposite of hard?
Soft
300
If you use both sides of a piece of paper, you are _____________ waste.
reducing You are making less waste
400
A disposable coffee cup should go into the _____________ bin.
Yellow (because it has some plastic in it).
400
Describe a type of pollution that happens in The Lorax.
The water is polluted by the factory, it becomes brown, the fish can't live there anymore. The trees are all cut down and the barbaloots get sick from not being able to eat. The factory puts smoke into the air and the air becomes harmful to breathe. The swans need to leave.
400
If something is rigid, it is hard to bend, break or change it's shape. What is the opposite of rigid?
Flexible
400
If you share a tissue with your table partner to wipe whiteboards clean in class instead of having your own, you are _______________ waste.
reducing
500
An old plastic barbie doll should go into the __________ bin.
Grey
500
What does pollution mean?
The action of making the Earth dirty, unhealthy, and unsafe
500
What does most of the plastic packaging that goes into the yellow bin have in common?
It is flexible, soft, waterproof
500
What are the three Rs and what do they mean?
Reduce - use something less, make something smaller Reuse - use something again and again Recycle - to make new items out of old ones
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