Upcycling: Turning Garbage into Gold

Upcycling is

• turning trash into valuable objects

• another name for recycling

• turning trash into something less valuable

• none of the above

Upcycling is

• a way to preserve the environment

• a way to pollute

• only for artists

• too overwhelming

The garbage in landfills takes anywhere from

• weeks to centuries to breakdown

• two weeks to two months to breakdown

• three weeks to three years to breakdown

• three weeks to three months to breakdown

Levels of global trash will continue to ____ if we don't act now to ___ the amount of garbage we create every year.

• rise, decrease

• rise, increase

• rise, reduce

• level off, reduce

Creating paper and plastic products that become trash is using up natural resources faster than

• all of the above

• they are thrown away

• they are used

• the earth can replace them

On pg 7, the title is

• Upcycling Around India

• Upcycling Around France

• Upcycling Around the World

• Upcycling With Coffee Grounds

In the section France:Plastic Bottle Trucks, Martine Camillieri states

• "I want to create toys"

• "I want to be creative for the environment"

• "I want to create art"

• "I want to keep landfills safe"

Ms. Allen describes her fashionable bags as

• "statement pieces on saving the environment"

• "using plarn"

• "crocheting for the universe"

• "knitting for kids"

In Ithaca, NY, they are using what for local gardeners?

• dog waste

• coffee grounds

• biodegradable items

• styrofoam

The product Curface is

• a blend of coffee grounds and recycled plastic

• cranberries and plastic

• currents and plastic

• a blend of coffee and a trace of shoelace