The most effective way to reduce waste is to exercise wise buying. Buy only what is important and not needed.

Recover involves the collecting, transporting, and disposing of waste.

A recycling facility burns waste to harness energy.

Applying glue on the torn sole of a shoe is an example of repair.

Reduce involves decreasing the amount of waste produced by

buying or consuming products that are necessary.

Waste management helps in minimizing solid wastes by identifying

another purpose for the waste material.

Recover is the waste management of choice when the waste

cannot be reduced, reused, or recycled.

Asking for a paper bag instead of a plastic bag in groceries is an example of recycling.

Broken furniture should go directly to incinerators if broken.

Buying food in smaller packages in larger quantities is preferable to buying the same product in a larger package and smaller quantity.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

It refers to the ability of a material to absorb water.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

This property refers to transforming a broken part of an object

(e.g. electronics) into a functional part.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

This property refers to the ability of a material to resist wear and tear.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

It is a property of metals to be hammered into different shapes without breaking

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

It refers to materials that can be broken down by bacteria.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

This property is the basis for making compost from food wastes.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

This is the practice you had done when you bought a new

battery for your laptop instead of buying a new whole unit.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

This is the property of eco bags which allows them to be used repeatedly for shopping.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

It is the property responsible for using an old or worn-out cloth as a rag.

Name the property of the material described in each statement that makes it suitable for reuse or recycle. Choose from the list of words given below.

It is the property of tin cans that made them recyclable.

Identify the 5R method applied in each given situation.

After finishing its content, Sheila washed the ice cream tub and used

it as a sewing kit.

Identify the 5R method applied in each given situation.

Alex brings his own water jug to basketball practice instead of

buying bottled water.

Identify the 5R method applied in each given situation.

Cliff brought his broken DVD to the appliance store where he

bought it to determine if it was still covered under warranty.

Identify the 5R method applied in each given situation.

Andrea places an empty container in their kitchen to collect food scraps used for composting.

John collects all the empty plastic bottles in their school and sells

them to the junk shop.

Emilia had her phone’s LCD broken. Instead of buying a new phone,

she had her LCD fixed instead.

Jon only eats food that he knows he can eat.

Athena noticed that her sister had a notebook with only a few pages

used. She removed the page with writings and used the remaining

pages for her science subject.

While cooking rice, Aaron used rice washings to water the plants

instead of flushing them in the sink.

Stacy used her old clothes as a rag instead of throwing them away.

Reducing increases the number of waste materials on the planet.

Repairing broken materials saves you from buying new ones.

Recycling can be a livelihood or a way of earning money to

live.

The energy recovered from burning trash may be converted

to other usable forms of energy.

Reusing materials allows waste materials to go straight to the

landfill.

Incinerators are useful as they leave no trace of any solid waste.

Recycling paper may help minimize the demand for trees to make new paper.

Reusing plastic bottles for drinking is more hygienic.

Accepting hand-me-down dresses is more stylish than buying a new one.

Recycling is time-consuming and costly.

Recovering materials may reduce the consumption of natural resources.

Excessive wastes in the environment have no health impact.

Repairing gives livelihood to electricians, mechanics, etc.

Recycling inhibits the creativity of a person.

Choosing electronic subscriptions (e.g., emails) over paper

subscriptions may reduce the consumption of trees.

Repairing a broken object is more costly than buying a new one.

Reducing consumption may help preserve natural resources used as

raw materials.

Recovering allows maximizing the value of trash by extracting energy.

Repairing objects encourages creativity.

Recycling waste is limited to schools only.

Plastic takes ten years before it decay.