Charlie / Kirby
Weird But True
Recycling
What do I do?
Mish Mash
100
What type of disasters were Kirby and Charlie experiencing that lead to their learning about recycling paper?
Craftalanches (Craft Avalanches)
100
True or False: Americans throw away enough paper to build a 12 foot high wall from New York to California each year.
True
100
How many days does it take to recycle a used pop can and get it back on the shelf to be used again?
60 days
100
Mechanical Skidder - gathers all the logs and piles them
100
How many plastic bottles do Americans use every hour?
2.5 million plastic bottles every hour
200
What did Kirby suggest that Charlie needed when they were dressed like lumberjacks? (Hint: Charlie was not open to the suggestion)
a man bun
200
What type of fiber is US currency made out of? Hint: It is not made out of paper fiber.
Cotton and Linen
200
Name the two types of trees that are harvested to make paper.
Hardwoods and Softwoods
200
Mechanical Harvester - Chops down trees, de-limb it, chops it into pieces, in 15 seconds.
200
Name two weird things that people used to make paper out of.
Wasps nests, cabbage, wrappings from Egyptian Mummy's to make wrapping paper.
300
Who wanted to use the chainsaw to cut down trees instead of an axe.
Charlie
300
Where was paper recycling first reported almost a thousand years ago?
Japan
300
How much paper a day does the recycling plant make?
300 tonnes of paper a day.
300
Chainsaw - cuts wood
300
What is the name of the "stuff" that gives plants their structure. HINT: It starts with a "C".
Cellulose
400
What craft did Charlie REALLY not want to throw away?
The shark
400
True or False: If we recycled 1/2 the paper in the entire world, it has been estimated that it would save a forest the size of Maine.
True
400
What liquid do they add to the recycled paper to make it into a big goop in the "blender"?
water
400
Skidder - bunches all the tree trunks up and brings them to the log yard.
400
Who is the number one trash producing country in the whole entire world?
The US
500
Where did they go today to see the paper recycling plant? (City and State)
Tyrone, Pennsylvania
500
True or False: The fear of paper is called Pyrophobia.
False. Pyrophobia is the fear of fire. Fear of paper is Papyrophobia.
500
Air is injected into the goop to create bubbles. What purpose do the bubbles serve?
They collect the imperfections in the paper. The dirt is all pulled to the top and then gets vacuumed off.
500
Knuckle Boom - cuts the logs into the correct length.
500
Name 3 pieces of safety equipment that they wore at the paper mill.
protective glasses
ear plugs
hard hat