Waste Management and Recycling
Energy
Water
Purchasing
OS TRIVIA (save for last)
100

#1, #2, #5 (plastics)

What are "plastics that can be recycled?"

100

43.4%

What is "percentage of energy that UW-Madison gets from coal?"

100

2.4 million gallons

What is "amount of water that UW-Madison uses a day?"

100

Entirety of product life from material extraction to disposal

What is "life cycle?"

200

Compostable Cups

What are "things that can't be recycled?"

200

Space Heating

What is "biggest energy user in the office?"

200

60-70 square feet

What is "distance in feet that a coffee mug of salt can salt?"

200

Service that collects unwanted materials and redistributes them to other departments, as well as auctions them to the public

What is "SWAP?"
300

$62,500

What is "the amount that UW-Madison can save by diverting recycling from waste streams?"

300

74,000 (households)

What is "the equivalent amount of energy that UW-Madison uses in households?"

300

~43 million gallons

What is "amount of gallons that evaporate off Lake Mendota on a hot summer day?"

300

The purposeful creation of an item that is not meant to last

What is "Planned Obsolescence?"
300

Current intern teams in the office

What is "Green Office/Events, Green Labs, Academics, Education and Outreach, Comms, and Pod?"

400

Date the OS was launched

What is "March 2012?"

500

1984

What is "year Tim was born (RIGHT??)"