Solid Waste Trivia
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| 1. How many feet of newspapers would you need to recycle to save one tree's worth of paper pulp? |
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| a. |
3 |
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| b. |
20 |
| c. |
50 |
| d. |
100 |
| 2. If recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run your television for 3 hours, how many cans would need to be recycled to save enough energy to watch a 24-hour cartoon marathon? |
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| a. |
4 |
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| b. |
6 |
| c. |
8 |
| d. |
10 |
| 3. How many Ambassador Bridges* could be made from the amount of steel recovered in the U.S. in 1998 through recycled soup & coffee cans?
* This bridge links Detroit, MI & Windsor, Ont. and is built with almost 27,000 tons of steel. |
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| a. |
20 bridges |
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| b. |
40 bridges |
| c. |
60 bridges |
| d. |
80 bridges |
| 4. What material is thrown away in such great quantities in the U.S. that we could build a 12 foot wall with it from LA to NY each year? |
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| a. |
aluminum |
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| b. |
office paper |
| c. |
glass |
| d. |
plastic bags |
| 5. How many plastic bottles are thrown away each year in the U.S.? |
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| a. |
22 million |
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| b. |
222 million |
| c. |
2 billion |
| d. |
22 billion |
| 6. How many times each year could we fill University of Michigan Stadium with all of Ann Arbor痴 solid waste (trash, recyclables, & compost)? |
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| a. |
ｼ |
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| b. |
ｽ |
| c. |
ｾ |
| d. |
1 |
| 7. Which item will take the longest time to decompose (break down into the original)? |
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| a. |
newspaper |
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| b. |
aluminum can |
| c. |
plastic bottle |
| d. |
banana peel |
| e. |
glass bottle |
| 8. Glass bottles found in ancient pyramids and manufactured today contain all of the following items except: |
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| a. |
soda ash |
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| b. |
oil |
| c. |
sand |
| d. |
limestone |
| e. |
cullet |
| 9. How much of the trash thrown away in the U.S. is paper? |
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| a. |
5 % |
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| b. |
6 % |
| c. |
8 % |
| d. |
10 % |
| e. |
13 % |
| f. |
39 % |
| 10. Here in the U.S. we throw away how many tires each year? |
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| a. |
200,000 |
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| b. |
2,000,000 |
| c. |
20,000,000 |
| d. |
200,000,000 |
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