♻ Recycling Facts
What symbol is commonly used to show something is recyclable?
Answer: What is the triangle with three arrows / recycling symbol
Where does an empty plastic water bottle go?
Answer: What is Recycling bin
What can you carry to avoid using plastic water bottles?
Answer: What is a reusable water bottle.
True or False: Recycling helps fight climate change.
Answer: What is True
What’s the first R in “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”?
Answer: What is Reduce.
What color is the bin used for recycling in most cities?
Answer: What is Blue
Can greasy pizza boxes be recycled?
Answer: What is No – food grease contaminates the cardboard.
What’s a simple way to reduce energy use at home?
Answer: What is turn off lights when not in use / unplug devices
Which ecosystem is most affected by plastic pollution?
Answer: What is The ocean.
Name one creative way to reuse a glass jar.
Answer: Storage container, vase, DIY lantern, etc.
What percentage of plastic is actually recycled globally?
Answer: What is About 9%
Where should batteries be disposed of?
Answer: What is Special hazardous waste collection or battery recycling program
How can you reduce food waste at home?
Answer: What is Meal plan, use leftovers, compost scraps, etc.
Which country produces the most plastic waste per capita?
Answer: What is The United States.
What does it mean to “upcycle” an item?
Answer: Reuse waste in a way that adds value or function
What does the number inside the recycling triangle on plastics mean?
Answer: What is type of plastic resin used, indicating recyclability.
Which of these items should go in the compost: apple core, paper towel, or chip bag?
Answer: What are Apple core and paper towel.
What is a “zero-waste” lifestyle?
Answer: A way of living that aims to send no trash to landfill by reusing, reducing, and recycling everything.
What’s the name of the large area in the Pacific Ocean filled with plastic waste?
Answer: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Why is reducing better than recycling?
Answer: It prevents waste from being created in the first place.
What is “wishcycling”?
Answer: What is throwing something in the recycling bin, hoping it’s recyclable when it’s not.
You finish a yogurt cup. What’s the correct disposal method?
Answer: What is Rinse it out and place in recycling.
What’s the difference between biodegradable and compostable?
Answer: Biodegradable breaks down over time; compostable breaks down into nutrient-rich soil under specific conditions.
How does recycling aluminum save energy?
Answer: It saves up to 95% of the energy needed to produce it from raw materials
Give one example of a product designed with a “circular economy” in mind.
Answer: Refillable cleaning products, clothing made from recycled fibers, reusable packaging, etc.