Garbage Footprint

Roughly how many single-use plastic water bottles are used by Americans each year?

• 5 Billion

• 50 Billion

• 10 Billion

• 25 Billion

Of the 50 billion single-use bottles that American use each year, what percentage is recycled?

• 12%

• 23%

• 35%

• 43%

Worldwide between 1950 and 2015, about what percent of all plastic is recycled?

• 9%

• 17%

• 29%

• 42%

The average American throws away about how many pounds of food each year?

• 150

• 250

• 350

• 450

All the wasted food in the world is enough to feed what percent of the undernourished people?

• 50%

• 66%

• 100%

• 200%

About how many trees does the average American consume is paper products each year?

• 1/2 a tree

• 1 tree

• 2 trees

• 3 trees

What is the most recycled material and thus only makes up about 1% of landfill waste?

• plastic bottles

• plastic bags

• aluminum

• iron

About what percentage of deep-sea fish in the Northern Atlantic Ocean have researchers discovered to contain plastic particles?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

In their infant and toddlerhood, the average American consumes about how many disposable diapers?

• 3,800

• 38

• 380

• 380,000

In their lifetime, the average American produces about how much packaging waste?

• just under 15 tons

• just under 1/2 a ton

• just over 1/2 a ton

• just over 1 ton