Recycling 101

What is recycling all about?

• taking something old and keeping it old

• taking something old and turning it into something new

• taking something new and turning it into something old

• taking something new and never using it

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Which of the following items DOES belong in the blue recycling cart?

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If you use a plastic bag for groceries one day and then make a kite out of it the next, the bag has been ___________.

• Reduced

• Reused

• Recycled

• Reversed

It’s better for the environment to use a durable, washable, refillable water bottle THAN it is to buy a case of plastic water bottles, drink the water, and recycle the empty plastic bottles.

• True

• False

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Recycling is the only way that we can decrease the amount of waste we make.

• True

• False

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If thrown in the trash instead of the recycling bin, how long does it take for a single plastic bottle to decompose?

• 1 month

• 2 years

• 500 years

• 80 years

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Choose the item(s) below that are accepted in the recycling bin:

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Which of the following CANNOT be recycled in the blue recycling cart?

• milk cartons

• Plastic water bottles

• Glass containers

• Paper bags

• Grass clippings from the lawn

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Everything I throw away disappears after only two years in a landfill.

• True

• False

Which of the following is allowed in the recycling bin?

• Styrofoam

• Gatorade Bottle

• Paper towels

• Old T-Shirt