Facts
Over 2,600
What is the number one waste product in landfills in the U.S.?
Food waste
How many landfills are operating in Indiana?
34
Down in the ______
Dumps
What is a word that rhymes with "junk"
trunk, punk, bunk, etc.
What is the gas that landfills create?
Methane
What is the second largest type of waste in landfills in the U.S.?
Plastics
Indiana trails only one state in producing the most trash in the United States per person. Which state is it?
Michigan
Trash _____
Talk
What is a word that rhymes with "trash"
Paste, Haste, Chaste, etc.
Capturing the methane allows for landfill sites to generate _________.
What is the third largest type of waste in landfills?
Paper/Cardboard
____% of trash in Indiana goes to landfills, approximately ___% is recycled
75% landfills, 25% recycled waste
What a _____
Waste
What is a word that rhymes with "scrap"
Trap, map, lap, etc.
Leachate (the liquids that filter through landfills) can eat through __________ _______ after time.
Stainless Steel
How much trash is generated per person per day in the U.S.?
Almost 5 lbs
What product is found most often in Indiana's landfills?
Paper products
One Man's Trash is Another Man's ___________
Treasure
What is a word that rhymes with "waste"
Paste, Haste, Chaste, etc.
Pike County has ___ landfills.
2
How many tons of landfill waste do Americans generate annually?
Almost 150 million tons
What attraction in Huntingburg, IN is built on top of a landfill?
The golf driving range was capped in the June 1981
Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do ______
without!
What is a word that rhymes with "litter"
pitter, sitter, fritter, etc.