U.S. Recycling
Composting
Ocean Waste
ASU Waste
World Waste
100
  1.  What US Recycling Level percentage must be met to be the environmental and CO2 equivalent of removing 55 million cars from U.S. roads each year?  Answer Choices: A. 75%   B. 63%  C. 85%  D. 72%                                     

75%

100
  1. Which of the following is NOT a good option for composting?  Answer Choices: A. Banana Peel  B. White Glue C. Hair  D. Pine Needles


Pine Needles - Makes compost too acidic

100

 An estimated 1 million seabirds and ____ marine mammals and sea turtles die each year when trapped in debris or ingesting trash? Answer Choices:  A. 10,000   B. 1.5 million  C. 100,000  D. 1 million

100,000

100

How many tons of yard waste was thrown away last year?   Answer Choices: A. 130  B. 711 C. 563  D. 930  

711.59

100

Which country produces the most waste per capita?   Answer Choices:  A. Russia  B.China  C. The United States   D.Denmark

The US, Denmark is close behind-0.29 kilograms less per capita

200

 How many times can glass be recycled and re-recycled?

Infinite

200

What percent of food is composted in the US annually?

6%

200

When plastic degrades into tiny fragments it becomes known as what?

Microplastics

200

Which ASU Campus has the highest waste diversion rates?

West

200

What percent of food is wasted in the US annually?

40%

300

How many water bottles by the millions are thrown away per hour by Americans?

25 Million

300

What is the correct compost to soil ratio? (Use numbers 1 to 10)

1:3

300

By what year is the amount of ocean plastic set to outnumber the fish?

2050

300

The goal diversion rate of trash is 90 percent. What percentage was ASU as a whole for the year 2019 within 3 percent?

41.8%

300

What is the most common trash object found on coastal cleanup?

food wrappers

400

How many stacked feet of recycled newspaper is needed to save a tree?

3 feet

400

What is Blatticomposting?

Composting with cockroaches

400

There are 500 dead zones on Earth, aka areas marine life cannot live, these zones combine to cover the land-mass of what country in Europe? 

The United Kingdom

400

How many lbs of shoes did ASU throw away in 2019?

320

400

What percentage of stuff bought is trashed in the first 6 months?

99%

500

Americans throw enough aluminum in the landfills to build our nation’s entire commercial air fleet in the span of how long?

3 months

500

What is the name of worm composting?

Vermicomposting

500

How many tons of plastic is ingested by Noth Pacific Fish each year?

12 to 14

500

How many lbs of fat and grease did ASU throw away in 2019?

56,000

500

Which country that participated in the OECD study was found to have the best waste management?

South Korea

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