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1. What does it mean to reduce?

Use something over and over again.Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waste.Make something into something new.Make something ugly into something beautiful.

2. Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling make the Earth cleaner.

TrueFalse

3. What does it mean to reuse?

Cleaning up a mess.Make something into something new.Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waste.Use something over and over again.

4. Plastic bags are better for the environment than reusable bags.

TrueFalse

5. What does it mean to recycle?

Make something into something new.Use something over and over again.Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waster.Make something that can clean your room.

6. Recycling is something only adults can do.

TrueFalse

7. Which of the following is NOT a recyclable material?

PaperPlasticFoodMetal

8. You can reduce your water usage by shutting off the water while you brush your teeth and taking shorter showers.

TrueFalse

9. Which of the following is bad for the environment?

RecyclingLitteringReducingReusing

10. No garbage can be recycled.

TrueFalse

11. How much energy could 1 recycled tin can save?

Enough to power a cell phone for 18 hours.Enough to power a TV for 3 hours.Enough to power lamp for 6 hours.Enough to power a TV for 6 hours.

12. It takes more energy to create paper than it does to recycle paper.

TrueFalse

13. Which country recycles the highest proportion of its household waste?

AustraliaUnited KingdomAustriaUnited States

14. Which one of these items was NOT in the top 10 number of items of rubbish collected in the 2010 Clean Up Australia Day?

Plastic bagsMetal bottle capsCigarette buttsGlass pieces

15. Why is polystyrene counted separately from other plastic in annual Clean Up surveys?

It floats on waterIt is toxic and shreds into tiny particlesIt is a different colourAll of the above

16. Which of these items shouldn’t go in the compost heap?

Coffee groundsVacuum cleaner wasteWhite paper bagsMeat scraps

17. You can recycle most plastic bottles, but should you also recycle the plastic bottle tops?

NoOnly in some statesYesYes, but only if still attached to their bottle

18. How many times can glass be recycled?

10 timesIndefinitely80 times20 times

19. Biodegradeable plastic bags should be:

Used all the time because they break down in landfillUsed only sometimes, as they still take up space in landfillAvoided where possible, because bags consume oxygen as they break down and this can lead to algal bloomsUsed occasionally as they are very expensive

20. Which of the following statements is true?

Americans throw away enough aluminium every month to rebuild their entire commercial air fleetAmericans throw away enough plastic bottles each year to circle the Earth four timesMount Rumpke, in the United States, is over 300 metres high and created entirely from rubbishAll of the above

21. How long does it take (approximately) to recycle an aluminium can?

Seven daysOne monthTwo monthsSix months

22. E-waste is being sent to landfill at three times the rate of general waste. What types of appliances make up the greatest percentage of e-waste?

Computers, telephones, printers and faxesRefrigeratorsTelevisionsWashing machines, dryers, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners and other small appliances.