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3 R's
Plastic
Paper Trees
Metal
Glass
100
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
What are the 3 R's of recycling?
100
Oil and natural gas
What are plastics typically derived from?
100
Lumber
What is the natural resource paper is typically made from today?
100
Rocks and minerals
What natural resource(s) is/are used to make metal?
100
Sand, limestone
What natural resources are used to make glass?
200
Reduce: Lessening the amount of material used Reuse: Using the same material again Recycle: Using materials again
What is the difference between each of the 3 R's of recycling?
200
Plastic bag bans
What is an example of reducing waste and reusing materials?
200
28% of garbage weight
What percent of a typical household's garbage (by weight) comes from paper products?
200
Aluminum metal
What is an often used metal that is not found in nature (on Earth at least)?
200
Old glass melts at a lower temperature, therefore requiring less energy, than opposed to making new glass from scratch.
What is the reason old glass is favored in the making of new/fresh glass?
300
Carpooling to work, taking public transportation, riding a bike
What is an example of reducing waste (in terms of recycling)?
300
90% of the price paid for _____ _____ is for the plastic bottle itself.
Approximately what percent of the price of bottled water is for the plastic bottle itself?
300
10 pounds
What amount of CO2 (in pounds) can a single tree absorb in a year?
300
5% of garbage weight
What percent of a typical household's garbage (by weight) comes from metal products?
300
Different glass products (ex: light bulbs, window glass, glass jars, etc.) melt at different temperatures
What is the reason behind not all glass products being able to be recycled together?
400
Aluminum can, piece of paper, cell phone
What is an example of a recyclable product?
400
10% of all waste mass
What percent (by mass) of all waste comes from plastic?
400
20% increase of trees in the US
What is the percentage increase of trees in the US since the first Earth Day 45 years ago?
400
1% of the mass of a "tin can"
What is the percent (by mass) of actual elemental tin in a "tin can"?
400
A place that sorts mixed recyclable items
What is a material recovery facility?
500
75,000 trees
What is the amount of trees saved by recycling a typical Sunday version of the New York Times?
500
500-1000 years
What is the typical duration of time it takes for plastics to decompose?
500
Old rags
What was paper largely manufactured from in the US prior to 1850?
500
95% comparitive required energy amount decrease
What is the percentage decrease (compared to the original process) in energy required to remanufacture recycled aluminum?
500
100% of glass
What percent of glass can be reused with no loss in quality?