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Report needed fixes, like misdirected sprinkler heads, broken heater dials, and leaky faucets.
What is a work order?
This item should never be recycled in a standard municipal bin
What is food soiled items?
Other correct answers: plastic bags, styrofoam, bubble wrap, electronics, batteries, foil, most plastic
Environmental benefits of composting
What is reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
Other correct answers: reduces organic waste in landfills, creates rich healthy soil
Things you do to reduce your waste
What is consume less?
Other correct answers include: compost, recycle, reuse, repurpose, donate
Doing this when you leave a room saves energy and reduces carbon emissions
What is turn off lights?
Where gently used items are taken
What is the Reuse Depot?
Average amount of trees used in paper products per year per person in the U.S.
What is 7 trees?
Material that should never be composted
What is animal byproducts?
Other correct answers: pet waste, dead plants with insects, charcoal, products with pesticides, anything harmful to plants, anything not plant based
Country in the world produces the most waste
What is the United States?
Lights that are efficient and save energy
What is LED lights?
Building that has two small, yellow e-waste collection boxes
What is Sage Hall?
Precent of waste in landfills that is paper that could have been recycled
What is 40%
Creature that aids in the composting process
What is worms?
Percentage of food that gets wasted worldwide
What is 30%?
When your electronics are turned off, they still use some power when plugged in
What is vampire power?
Building that is LEED Gold certified
What is GSB?
Average of aluminum soda cans that are used in the U.S. each year
What is 80 billion?
Percent of garbage found in landfills in the U.S. could have been composted
What is 50%?
Average amount of waste created per person per day in the U.S. (not including recycling)
What is 4.4 lbs?
Uses 50% less energy than your oven
What is microwave?
Buildings that have rainwater catchment systems that circulate collected water through their toilets.
What is NSB and GSB?
Amount of time it takes for glass to decompose when not recycled
What is over 4,000 years?
Amount of time it takes for a plastic bag to decompose
What is 200-1,000 years?
Where most of the food in the U.S. goes to waste
What are homes and restaurants?
Percentage of energy you save when you lower your thermostat below 70 degrees in the winter
What is 5%?