waste and
recycling
recycling
Number of cents you get per eligible container under Return and Earn?
10
Year Australia is targeting net zero emissions?
2050
Common name for an animal that eats both plants and meat?
Omnivore
Name of the reef off the coast of Queensland, the largest living structure on Earth
Great Barrier Reef
Term for cheap, trend-driven and quickly discarded clothing?
Fast Fashion
Most common single item found in beach litter audits worldwide?
cigarette butts
Percentage of Earth's water that is fresh water?
2.5%
Name of the process where coral turns white from heat stress?
bleaching
First Australian state to ban single-use plastic bags?
South Australia
Term for the layer of gases trapping heat in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse effect
Approximate number of years a plastic bottle takes to decompose?
450 years
Year the Paris Agreement was signed?
2015
Name of the current conservation status of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine)
extinct
Name of Australia's major bushfire disaster that burned 18+ million hectares, and the years that it occurred
Black summer, 2019-2020
Word for misleading "green" marketing claims?
Greenwashing
Approximate number of years an aluminium can takes to decompose?
200 years
Global temperature rise limit (in °C) set by the Paris Agreement?
1.5°C
Approximate percentage of all known animal species that are insects?
80%
Name of the introduced predator blamed for most native mammal extinctions in Australia?
Feral cat
Term for a when a habitat is broken into disconnected patches?
Approximate percentage of household recycling bin contents that is contaminated?
10%
Approximate percentage of Australia's electricity from renewables in 2024?
40%
Term for a species that exists in only one specific geographic location and nowhere else on Earth?
Endemic
Name the 2022 Australian government report that assesses the state of the nation's environment every 5 years
State of the environment report
Term for an economic model based on reuse and recycling instead of waste?
Circular economy