Category 1
1 edition of the Sunday New York Times consumes about 75,000 trees. True or False?
True!
The average Czech produces approximately ___ of waste each year
a. 1.5 million tonnes
b. 2.5 million tonnes
c. 3.5 million tonnes
b. 2.5 million tonnes
One person using reusable bags over their lifetime would remove more than ___ plastic bags from the environment. Isn’t that an even better incentive?
a. 22,000
b. 25,000
c. 26,500
a. 22,000
How far (on average) are the recycling bins from your house?
a. 11 meters
b. 51 meters
c. 91 meters
c. 91 meters
The first PET (plastic) bottle was recycled in what year?
a. 1977
b. 1980
c. 1982
a. 1977
Approximately what percentage of our household waste can be composted?
a. 1/4
b. 1/2
c. 2/3
c. 2/3
Glass and Aluminium both have what percentage of recycling rate?
a. 50%
b. 75%
c. 100%
c. A 100% recycle rate.
There is no loss of quality or purity in the process.
___ percent of landfilled waste could be either reused or recycled
a. 70%
b. 80%
c. 90%
a. 70%
Making one tonne of recycled paper uses only about ___ of the energy needed to make a tonne of virgin paper?
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
b. 60%
North America has 8% of the world’s population, consumes 1/3 of the world’s resources and produces ___ of the world’s non-organic garbage.
a. approximately 1/3
b. approximately 1/2
c. approximately 1/4
b. approximately 1/2
Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees and 380 gallons of oil. True or False?
True!
How many trees did the Czechs save in 2018 by recycling paper?
a. ca 500,000
b. ca 2,000,000
c. ca 10,000,000
b. ca 2,000,000
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Making glass from recycled materials cuts related ___ pollution 20% and ___ pollution 50%
a. air, water
b. water, land
c. land, air
a. air, water
Who is the European leader in recycling?
a. Belgium
b. Germany
c. France
a. Belgium
What is the most widely recycled consumer product in the world?
a. the bicycle
b. the automobile
c. home appliances (refrigerator, oven, microwave, etc.)
The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today. It takes about 45 seconds to shred the average automobile into fist-sized pieces for recycling. (Clean Air Foundation)
How long does it take for plastic bags to decompose?
a. 15 - 100 years
b. 15 - 500 years
c. 15 - 1000 years
c. 15 - 1000 years
A plastic bag can take from 15 to 1,000 years to break down, depending on environment. In a landfill, kept away from the environment that would help them biodegrade more easily, paper bags don’t do much better.
5 PET bottles yield enough fiber for an XL T-shirt
True or False?
True!
What percentage of the Czech population recycles waste?
a. 53%
b. 63%
c. 73%
c. 73%
What are the 5 stages of the Zero Waste hierarchy?
(clue: 5 Rs)
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot
Recycling one ton of glass saves about ___ gallons of fuel oil.
a. 5 gallons
b. 7 gallons
c. 9 gallons
c. 9 gallons