Recycling

The video "What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected?" takes place in ...

• Los Angeles

• New York

• London

• Paris

What happens after aluminium drinking cans are made into blocks?

• It is thrown away

• It is made into something new

• It is cleaned

• It is sold

Answer explanation

First, it is sold to a company. Then the company cleans the material and makes it into something new!

American people aren't great at recycling.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Only 34% of recyclable material in America is actually recycled. In New York, only 17%.

Why don't some people recycle enough?

How many % of items thrown into the recycling bin are not actually recycleable?

• 5-7%

• 9-10%

• 10-13%

• 15-19%

Used paper towels belong in the...

• paper bin

• compost / food waste bin

• plastic bin

What does the video recommend to do with straws?

• not recycle them - just use them less

• throw them in the plastic bin

• you can make compost with them

Why is it not a good idea to recycle drinking straws?

• they are made of hard plastic

• they break easily

• they are too small

• we don't have the machines to recycle them

Why are plastic bags hard to recycle?

• they are made of bad quality plastic

• there are too many of them

• there aren't enough of them

• they are different sizes

To minimise the amount of waste we create

• recycle

• reduce

• reuse

• record