Take Out the _____
Wasted
The Five Rs
Is it Mainstream?
Corporate Greed
100
Caroline Manzo once said, "you hang out with _____ you start to smell like garbage."
What is "trash?"
100
Mismanaged waste leads to air, water, and land _________.
What is pollution?
100
Sometimes people throw the wrong items in this.
What is recycling/the recycling bin?
100
Plastics of this category are often disposed of via this.
What is mainstream recycling?
100
Companies often enlist the help of these social media personalities to sell products to their viewers and followers.
Who are influencers?
200
Oscar the Grouch of the hit show Sesame Street sings the song, "I Love _____."
What is "I Love Trash?"
200
_______ pollution in the ocean kills an estimated 100,000 marine animals every year.
What is plastic?
200
Olivia Rodrigo once sang, "so when you gonna tell her/that we did that too," saying in an interview that her hit song Deja Vu was about relationships being this.
What is "recycled?"
200
This is recycled more than any other drink container.
What are aluminum cans?
200
This is inexpensive clothing produced by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.
What is fast fashion?
300
This inverted triangle conveys the waste management hierarchy from most preferred methods (top) to least preferred (bottom). The least preferred method includes this.
What is disposal?
300
The breakdown of organic waste in landfills releases this class of gases which contributes to global warming.
What are greenhouse gases?
300
Transforming or repurposing old and unwanted clothing or fabrics is also called this.
What is upcycling?
300
In the United States, _____ is the most recycled material via mainstream recycling.
What is paper?
300
Brands will use this to make you believe you're getting a deal when buying their products.
What is a discount or coupon?
400
This is the oldest form of waste management.
What is landfilling/a landfill?
400
If unable to recycle these via a recycling program, a consumer can dispose of them in the garbage but should make sure they are cut before doing so.
What are six-pack rings?
400
In the summer of 2009, Disney used stars like Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, and the Jonas brothers to promote this campaign encouraging young fans to take action on environmental issues.
What is Disney's Friends for Change campaign?
400
YouTubers Evan and Katelyn often use this material when completing their DIY projects.
What is resin?
400
This can be described as a more sustainable alternative to buying new items.
What is thrifting or buying second-hand?
500
Americans throw away about this amount in pounds of trash daily.
What is 4.4lbs? (Will accept anything between 3.8lbs to 5lbs.)
500
This is the most frequently littered and inappropriately disposed of plastic item globally with about 4.5 trillion of these polluting our global environment.
What are cigarette butts?
500
As consumers, this is our most effective strategy to combat waste.
What is reducing consumption?
500
These symbols are plastic recycling codes. These codes also indicate the type of _____ used in the product.
What is resin?
500
TikTok brands like Parke and brands like Temu use tactics like these to create a sense of urgency and exclusivity encouraging consumers to impulsively buy their subpar products.
What is the "buy now" or scarcity marketing tactic?