Least Wasteful?
plastic water bottle you buy at a gas station OR metal water bottle you fill from home
What is a metal water bottle? Think ahead if you are headed out of the house and bring a reusable water bottle with you.
The amount of trash in pounds the average American produces every day.
Choices: 1 pound, 2 pounds, 3 pounds, or 4 pounds.
What is 4 pounds?
The percent of food harvested from farms that never makes it to the supermarket shelves and is thrown out because it doesn't look good enough to sell.
Choices: 10%; 20%; 30%; or 40%
What is 30%?
Instead of using paper or plastic bags at the grocery store, you could do this.
What is reduce? Bring your own bags and reuse them. Grocery stores give you 10 cents back for each bag you use.
Instead of throwing out a water bottle when you don't see a recycling can you could do this.
What is recycle? Keep it with you until you get home or find a recycling bin.
Pizza made at home OR Pizza delivered from Pizza Hut
What is pizza made at home?
The amount of trash in tons produced by Americans every year.
Choices: 150 million tons; 250 million tons; 350 million tons; or 450 million tons
What is 250,000,000 tons?
The percent of food that Americans never eat and that go directly into the trash.
Choices: 10%; 20%; 30%; or 40%
What is 40%?
Instead of using plastic silverware with your lunch, you could do this.
What is reuse? Bring your own silverware from home to use.
Instead of throwing out a metal hanger from the dry cleaners you could do this?
What is reuse? Most dry cleaning places will take them back.
Plastic fork OR Metal fork
What is a metal fork? Most plastic items are made from petroleum and natural gas. Energy, water, and other materials are needed to make plastic objects. Solid waste and carbon emissions are produced as a result of these products.
Number of plastic bottles thrown out every year in America.
Choices: 11 billion; 22 billion; 33 billion; or 44 billion
What is 22 billion?
If we wasted 5% less food in America we could feed this many more Americans.
Choices: 2 million; 3 million; 4 million; or 5 million
What is 4,000,000?
Instead of using a plastic table cloth at a party that will be thrown out at the end, you could do this.
What is reuse? Use a cloth table cover that could be washed and reused. Most plastic items are made from petroleum and natural gas. Energy, water, and other materials are needed to make plastic objects. Solid waste and carbon emissions are produced as a result of these products.
Instead of using a paper napkin you could do this.
What is reduce? Use a cloth napkin or your shirt sleeve :)
Country with the greatest Ecological Footprint.
Ecological footprint is how much of the world's natural resources a country uses (land and water) vs. how much is available and how much waste they produce.
Choices: India; U.S.; China; Canada
Who is the U.S.?
The amount of food, in pounds, the Average American throws away every year.
Choices: 100 pounds; 200 pounds; 300 pounds; or 400 pounds
What is approximately 200 pounds?
Instead of using a take out container at a restaurant when you don't finish your meal, you could do this.
What is reduce? Bring your own container to put your food in.
Instead of throwing styrofoam packing peanuts in the trash, you could do this.
What is reuse? Most mailing places will take and reuse stryofoam peanuts and bubble wrap.
If you lined all of the disposable cups, forks, and spoons along the equator that are thrown out each year by Americans, you would travel this many times around the Earth.
Choices: 100 times; 200 times; 300 times; or 400 times
What is 300 times?
Out of the following categories, which food has the highest waste rate in the U.S. - Dairy, Fruits, Meats, Vegetables, Grains
What is meats?
Every time you go to put something in the trash can, you could stop and do this.
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle? Think - can I use one of these strategies instead of throwing it away?
Instead of throwing old, ripped towels in the trash, you could do this.
What is reuse? You can take them to an animal shelter. They will use ripped old towels.