Quiz
1. A typical McDonald's generates over ________ pounds of trash every day.
- 50
- 100
- 200
2. If all the glass bottles and jars collected through recycling in the U.S. in 1994 were laid end to end, they'd:
- Reach the moon and half way back to earth.
- Stretch from Boston to San Francisco.
- Fill the Grand Canyon 25 times.
3. Every year, it takes ___________ gallons of water to process paper used for junk mail.
- 28 billion
- 12 billion
- 7 billion
4. A college in Washington state recently made ______________ from 15,000 used sneakers and 535 scrap tires.
- a full-sized basketball court
- new uniforms for all the school's teams
- wall-to-wall carpeting in the dormitories
5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. How much do you know about the three R's? About __________ of all Americans have access to a plastics recycling program.
- 25%
- 0.5
- 1
1. A typical McDonald's generates over ________ pounds of trash every day.
200
2. If all the glass bottles and jars collected through recycling in the U.S. in 1994 were laid end to end, they'd:
Reach the moon and half way back to earth.
3. Every year, it takes ___________ gallons of water to process paper used for junk mail.
28 billion
4. A college in Washington state recently made ______________ from 15,000 used sneakers and 535 scrap tires.
a full-sized basketball court
5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. How much do you know about the three R's? About __________ of all Americans have access to a plastics recycling program.
0.5
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