RecyclingQUIZ How much do you know about recycling?
1. Which of the following cannot be recycled?
A. Milk cartons
B. Plastic water bottles
C. Glass containers
D. Paper bags
E. None of the Above
2. Who can recycle?
A. Your teachers
B. Everyone
C. Your best friend
D. You
E. Your mom
3. If you recycle one ton of paper, how many trees can you save?
A. One
B. Nine
C. Seventeen
D. Thirty-five
E. One Hundred
4. How many times can glass be recycled?
A. None, glass can’t be recycled!
B. Once
C. Four times
D. Twenty times
E. Forever
5. How many plastic bottles do Americans go through every year?
A. 1.8 million
B. 2.5 million
C. 5.3 million
D. 7.1 million
E. 9.4 million
6. How much junk mail do Americans receive in one day?
A. Enough to heat 250,000 homes
B. Enough to power a TV for one year
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C. Enough to fill 10sq. miles in a landfill
D. 1000 trees worth
E. Both C and D
7. The average aluminum can is made up of how much recycled
aluminum?
A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 50%
D. 70%
E. 100%
8. Annually, how much plastic film does America produce?
A. Enough to wrap up Alaska
B. Enough to stretch around the world twice
C. Enough to cover Connecticut
D. Enough to shrink wrap Texas
E. Enough to go to the moon and back
9. Where is Anchorage’s primary recycling center?
A. 6160 Rosebush
B. 6161 Rosewood
C. 1616 Rose
D. 1661 Rosalin
E. 6116 Red Rose
10. What ways can you help save our earth?
A. Re-use your plastic bottles and bags
B. Reduce the amount of waste you produce
C. Plant a tree
D. Recycle
E. All of the Above!
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RecyclingQUIZ How much do you know about recycling?
1. Which of the following cannot be recycled?
A. Milk cartons
B. Plastic water bottles
C. Glass containers
D. Paper bags
E. None of the Above – That’s right, all of these items listed can
and should be recycled!
2. Who can recycle?
A. Your teachers
B. Everyone – so sort through your garbage and head to the
recycling center!
C. Your best friend
D. You
E. Your mom
3. If you recycle one ton of paper, how many trees can you save?
A. One
B. Nine
C. Seventeen – Studies have proven that one ton of paper is
equivalent to seventeen fully grown trees.
D. Thirty-five
E. One Hundred
4. How many times can glass be recycled?
A. None, glass can’t be recycled!
B. Once
C. Four times
D. Twenty times
E. Forever - that’s the amazing thing about glass, it never wears
out!
5. How many plastic bottles do Americans go through every year?
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A. 1.8 million
B. 2.5 million – and that number is rising every year. If every
American household recycled just one out of every ten of the
plastic bottles they used, we’d keep 200 million pounds of plastic
out of landfills every year.
C. 5.3 million
D. 7.1 million
E. 9.4 million
6. How much junk mail do Americans receive in one day?
A. Enough to heat 250,000 homes – The average American
spends 8 months of their lives opening junk mail, so save your
time and some trees and recycle that paper!
B. Enough to power a TV for one year
C. Enough to fill 10sq. miles in a landfill
D. 1000 trees worth
E. Both C and D
7. The average aluminum can is made up of how much recycled
aluminum?
A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 50% - Last year alone, the 36 billion aluminum cans landfilled
had a scrap value of more than $600 million. If we don’t recycle
them, someday we’ll be mining our landfills for the resources
we’re burying.
D. 70%
E. 100%
8. Annually, how much plastic film does America produce?
A. Enough to wrap up Alaska
B. Enough to stretch around the world twice
C. Enough to cover Connecticut
D. Enough to shrink wrap Texas – that’s nearly 268,820 square
miles of plastic!
E. Enough to go to the moon and back
9. Where is Anchorage’s primary recycling center?
A. 6160 Rosebush
B. 6161 Rosewood – Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week! Here
you can recycle newspaper, mixed paper, magazines, corrugated
cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans, glass bottles and jars,
plastic soda and water bottles, plastic milk and detergent jugs,
and plastic bags.
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C. 1616 Rose
D. 1661 Rosalin
E. 6116 Red Rose
10. What ways can you help save our earth?
A. Re-use your plastic bottles and bags
B. Reduce the amount of waste you produce
C. Plant a tree
D. Recycle
E. All of the Above! – By taking these small steps, you can help
preserve our Earth’s natural beauty.
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