True or False
Can plastic be recycled?
Yes
How can you reduce the plastic you use when you go out to eat?
Don't use plastic straws
Recycling
Recycling is a way to take trash that we no longer need and turn it into new products.
Creating bird feeders out of milk jugs that we used
Reuse
What is the job title when people work in National Parks?
Park Rangers
About a third of the food in the United States goes in the garbage.
False (it's about 50%)
What is a way we can reduce food waste?
Ordering less food. Making small plates and getting seconds afterwards if we are still hungry.
Reduce
Using less of something so we do not have a lot of waste or garbage.
Using old plastic Walmart bags to clean a dirty cat box
reuse
This person is an environmental artist we learned about.
Angela Pozzi
All of the lakes and rivers in the United States have been cleaned and are safe to swim and fish in.
False 40% of the rivers and lakes in the United States are not safe to swim or fish in because of pollution
Name two ways you can cut down on plastic at school?
Using reusable or clothe masks and using reusable water bottles.
Reuse
to use something more than one time
Only buying new clothes when you cannot fit in yours or there are holes in your clothes
Reduce
Who was the president who started the National Parks Program?
Theodore Roosevelt
A plastic bag takes 3 years to rot into the ground and go away.
False it takes 20 years
What are two things you can do outside in nature or in your garden to help make the earth greener?
Plant new trees or flowers
Environmentalist
Someone who protects the earth and it's animals and teaches other people to do the same
Recycling
Who is a well known park ranger at Yosemite National Park?
Shelton Johnson
There are artist who collect trash and turn it into artwork. This could be considered recycling. It is someone using someone else's stuff to make something new.
True one of the artist's names is Angela Haseltine Pozzi who cleans up the beach near her home and creates sculptures out of it.
What was something you can do with your friends to cut down on litter?
You can help pick up trash other people left to help protect wildlife.
Decompose
To separate or rot becoming part of the ground.
Turning the lights off in a room when you are going into another room or going outside to play
Reduce-You are cutting down on the electricity you are using
Who was the person who created the 3 r logos for going green recycling, reducing, and reusing?
Gary Anderson