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Waste Awareness segregation

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Recycling Process?

a)

To use something more than once

b)

To convert waste materials into new materials and objects

c)

use and produce less things

2.

Where does the majority of plastic waste end up?

a)

Ocean

b)

Recycled

c)

Burned for energy

d)

Landfills

3.

What happens to plastic waste?

a)

It is a biodegradable material, so it eventually disintegrates

b)

There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled

c)

It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

d)

It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat.

4.

Why is plastic dangerous for marine life?

a)

a) They mistake it for food and cannot digest it.

b)

b) They can get tangled in it which hinders their ability to swim.

c)

c) Both a and b

d)

d) It's not dangerous because they use plastic waste for habitats.

5.

Plastic bags can take up to --------------   to decompose

a)

400 years

b)

3 years

c)

10 years

d)

1,000 years

6.

WHAT ARE THE 3R'S OF RECYCLING?

a)

Redirect, Rude, Round.

b)

Respectful, Responsible, Right.

c)

Rewrite, rewind, respond.

d)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 

7.

Each ton of recycled paper can save -------------

a)

17 trees

b)

1 tree

c)

100 trees

d)

8 trees

8.

According to brf waste colour’s code; what goes into the blue recycling bin?

a)

Plastic

b)

Newspapers and paper bags

c)

Household and Non-recyclable Waste.

d)

Glass bottles

9.

Paper napkins go in which cart?

a)

Recycling Cart

b)

Trash Cart

10.

Greasy cardboard goes in which cart?

a)

Recycling Cart

b)

Trash Cart

11.

When is world Environment Day?

a)

25th May

b)

1st December

c)

5th June

d)

10th September

12.

Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for ------------

a)

20 minutes

b)

1 hour

c)

3 hours

d)

5 minutes