Recycling Basics
Takes 500- 1,000 years or longer to break down
What is Plastic?
The number of plastic resin identification codes
What is 7?
Least Recyclable Plastic
What is Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam)?
Composting at your house is called this
What is Backyard Composting?
Process by which items you have finished using are remade into new items.
What is Recycling?
Material that cannot be recycled again and again and again, etc.
What is paper?
Type of plastic commonly used for grocery bags
What is LDPE?
Raw materials for the vast majority of plastics
What is petroleum?
Composting needs these three elements
What are Nitrogen, Carbon, and Oxygen?
Number of fully operational MRFs in Maine
What is Two?
% of an average car that is recyclable
What is 80%?
HDPE
What is high density polyethylene?
Type of plastic often used to make clothing and carpets
What is #1 PET?
Term for composting in rows
What is windrow composting?
Make up most recycled material by weight
What is paper products?
The 3 R's
What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
Number of most desirable plastic after #1 and # 2
What is #5?
Blow molding produces bottles that have this
What is a neck?
Minimum temperature to kill seeds and pathogens
What is 140 degrees F?
Primary metal in Tin Cans
What is steel?
Activities that conserve natural resources
What are waste reduction, reuse, and recycling? (Repair acceptable too)
Common bottle made from Polypropylene
What is a medicine pill bottle?
Plastic bottles thrown away in the U.S. each year could circle the Earth this many times: 2, 4, or 10
What is 4?
Inadequate oxygen causes a compost pile to do this
What is become anaerobic?
Pressure treated wood and this contaminant are the most likely reasons demolition debris is rejected for energy recovery
What is lead?