All about Waste

How does recycling help the Earth and the environment?

• Causing less garbage
• Helps people make more cans
• Makes more garbage

Where is most waste produced?

• homes
• cities
• farms
• schools

The three Rs of solving the garbage problem are

• Rebekah, Rachel, and Ronda.
• red, redo, and remember.
• remove, rewind, and recover.
• reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

When we throw away cellphones, computers, and TVs this waste is

• trash
• e-waste
• recycled
• sent to china

What does it mean if an item is 'biodegradable'?

• It means that it will eventually break down completely in nature
• It means that it is bad for the environment
• It means that it is perfect for composting
• It means that it can be eaten?

What do you have to do with any containers before putting them in the blue bag?

• Label them
• Nothing
• Stack them
• Clean them

If we wear hand-me-down clothing from our older siblings or value village, we are...

• Reducing
• Reusing
• Recycling
• Not very fashion forward

Can greasy pizza boxes be recycled?

• Yes
• No

Paper can be recycled...

• over and over and over (forever)
• 2 times
• 1 time
• generally 7 times

Re-processing material to make another product

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle