Zero Waste
True or False: You can recycle styrofoam here at IKEA
False. Styrofoam is one of the hardest products on earth to recycle and is also hazardous to human and environmental health
Give one example of something you can do to reduce your impact on the environment
What is the name of the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
True or False: Cardboard pallets are better for the environment than traditional wood pallets
True. If one of the legs is damaged on a cardboard pallet, can take it off and glue another one back on.. Compared to a wood pallet, where the entire pallet must be disposed of in this case. Additionally, cardboard pallets require less natural resources (wood) and energy to be produced when compared to wood pallets.
Give an example of one Greenhouse Gas
Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, ozone, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons
How many colors are in a rainbow?
7: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet
What are the three sorting categories for waste in the break room?
Compost, Mixed Recyclables, and Trash
What does it mean to be "climate positive"?
Reducing more greenhouse gas emissions than the IKEA value chain current emits
Most polluting form of litter on Earth
Cigarette Butts: Releases toxins into the environment as they degrade (takes around 10 years) like arsenic (commonly found in rat poison)
Name of the third party service that collects and primarily sorts waste at our site (also works closely with quality to scrap unsellable products not able to be donated)
Cornerstone! Without them, we would not be anywhere near our current diversion rate of 84% (goal is to be at 90%).
What is the IKEA Foundation?
Philanthropic organization funded by the Ingka Foundation that has provided 1.8 million euros globally to help families afford a better life and protect the planet
Roughly 10 million trees are cut down globally each year to produce this product
Toliet Paper
What 2 waste streams are allowed to go into a compost bin?
Food waste and food-soiled paper products
What are the three steps of the IKEA People & Planet Positive strategy?
Healthy and Sustainable Living, Circular and Climate positive, Fair & Equal
Largest living thing (by area) on Earth?
Armillaria ostoyae Fungus: 3.5 miles long, almost completely underground, located in Oregon, nicknamed the "humongous fungus"