Go Green Valentine Day Challenge

Which Roman God is the reason why Valentine's Day exists?

• Apollo

• Bacchus

• Cupid

• Ceres

How many cards are exchanged on Valentine's Day?

• 100 million

• 160 million

• 220 million

• 360 millioin

Which is NOT a way to reduce waste on Valentine's Day?

• Send e-cards

• Dim lights in the house

• Buy a heart shaped chocolate box

• Send locally grown flowers

What is an example of an eco-friendly Valentine's Day gift?

• Giant Teddy bear

• Box of chocolates

• Homemade card

• Bouquet of balloons

How many trees does it take to print a Sunday Edition of the New York Times?

• 10,000 trees

• 75,000 trees

• 150,000 trees

• a million trees

If Americans recycled 1/10 of their newspapers, how many trees would we save?

• 100,000 trees

• 1 million trees

• 10 million trees

• 25 million trees

How long does it take a balloon to degrade?

• 100 days

• 100 years

• 450 years

• 10,000 years

______ of the 8 billion tons of plastic produced in the last 60 years have been recycled!

• 5%

• 20%

• 50%

• 80%

What are microplastics?

• small pieces of carbon found everywhere

• small pieces of plastic found everywhere

• large pieces of carbon found everywhere

• large pieces of plastic found everywhere

What is this a photo of?

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch between CA and HA

• Mower county landfill

• A sunk ship off the coast of California

• A pile of plastic at Mower County Recycling