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McDonalds made this item one inch shorter, helping to eliminate a million pounds of waste annually.
What is the straw
100
True or False: The US has regulations on fast food restaurants requiring them to recycle.
What is FALSE
100
The materials most products are packaged in are paper products from the forests in this part of the country. (Cardinal direction)
What is the south.
100
This restaurant chain was the first to take action to save the environment and reduce waste in 1989.
What is McDonalds
100
True or False: Fast food waste is the primary source of all urban litter.
What is TRUE
200
This famous sandwich was served in a polystyrene shell in the past, but now comes in a paper box half the weight of most fast food boxes.
What is the Big Mac
200
This popular sub sandwich chain is rolling out the first "eco" restaurant, containing recycling containers and made of 100% recycled materials.
What is Subway.
200
_______ of waste from fast food restaurants is paper.
What is one third
200
The UK is charging shopping customers five cents for each one of these they use.
What is plastic bag
200
If you toss one of this item out after each meal, you waste 546 of them per year.
What is a napkin
300
McDonalds cut this item down by one inch, and saved needed paper by 21 percent.
What is the napkin
300
The 4 bins fast food waste can be recycled into are: 1. Leftover food 2. Regular waste 3. Liquids and 4. _________________
What is recyclable paper
300
This well-known coffee company uses 1.7 BILLION paper cups per year alone.
What is Starbucks
300
Stopping the waste of food in the UK could avoid 18 million tons of _________ (think footprint..) from being emitted each year—the same as taking on ONE IN FIVE cars off of U.K. roads.
What is carbon dioxide equivalents
300
This country's population goes through 15 BILLION disposable hot beverage cups per year.
What is USA
400
McDonalds is currently planning to reuse food waste and turn it into....
What is fertilizer
400
This chemical bleaches paper to make it white. It is also a significant source of water pollution from the paper mills.
What is chlorine.
400
_______% of waste in fast food establishments is behind the counter in packaging supplies.
What is 80%
400
This country requires its 600 fast food restaurants to provide recycling containers for customers.
What is Taiwan
400
_____% of all food is thrown away.
What is 30%
500
Soft drinks were shipped as syrup in cardboard containers. Now the syrup is delivered by trucks that pump it directly into a tank in the restaurant, eliminating packaging completely. How much cardboard per year was saved?
What is 68 million pounds.
500
The "Cupkin", a machine introduced in Norway, shreds your disposable cutlery and turns it into________.
What is napkins.
500
A cup made from 10% recycled post-consumer material, saves ______ THOUSAND tons of wood annually.
What is 11
500
This country imposed taxes on disposable containers for each restaurant. For example, for each paper plate they use they are charged 30 cents.
What is Germany
500
Deforestation for paper products of our southern forests has decreased forest area from 356 million acres to 182 million acres in what amount of time
What is 100 years