Sustainability and recycling

Re-processing material to make another product

• Reduce

• Recycle

• Reuse

What does the three R's of recycling mean?

• risk corridors reinsurance and risk adjustment

• nothing

• reading writing and arithmetic

• Reduce Reuse Recycle

Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products. Which one of these is NOT one of them?

• paper

• plastic

• chemicals

• glass

The following is an example of reusing:

• using fewer napkins when you eat

• using less water when you brush your teeth.

• bringing cans back to a recycling center.

• washing zip top bags after use so they can be used again

The following is an example of reducing:

• bringing newspapers to a recycling center

• using plastic bags as small garbage bags.

• using less water when you shower

• all of the above

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Which of the following items cannot be recycled?

• Food & organic items

• Batteries/Bulbs

• Paper

• Styrofoam

By reducing landfills, the benefits are

• Recyclable items can be donated to charity

• Divert waste from creating more landfills

• Reducing landfill problems such as leaking of landfill leachate contaminating rivers

• All of the above

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Where would you put a straw?

• Yellow bin

• Blue bin

• Trash bin

• Bottle bank

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How much of our household waste could be recycled?

• more than 50% of it

• less than 25% of it

• nearly all of it

• about 10% of it

How many trees does it take to make one tonne of paper?

• 30 trees

• 11 trees

• 3 trees

• 17 trees