Sustainability Quiz

1. How many global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) does the United Nations have?

• 8

• 13

• 17

• 33

Answer explanation

2. Which of these are actual Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

• affordable and clean energy

• responsible production and consumption

• reduced inequalities

• clean water and sanitation

• abolition of nucleat weapons

Answer explanation

3. What does greenwashing mean?

• An old product is updated to make it more sustainable.

• A company changes its operations to improve their sustainability.

• A company claims their products or operations are sustainable when they really are not.

4. Approximately how fast do the following items biodegrade?

1. a plastic bag ​ (a)  

2. car tyres ​ ​ (b)  

3. wool socks ​ (c)  

4. tree leaves ​ (d)  

5. vegetables ​ (e)  

• from ten to 1000 years
• 2000 years
• from one to five years
• one year
• from five days to one month

5. Approximately how fast do the following items biodegrade?

1. bamboo straw ​​ (a)  

2. plastic straw ​ ​ (b)  

3. tin can ​ (c)  

4. glass ​ ​ ​ (d)  

5. cardboard ​ (e)  

• from six months to two years
• 600 years
• 50 years
• over one million years
• two months

6. Which one of these claims about mobile phones is false?

• The production of a new phone requires the same amount of energy as using and recharging a phone for 10 years.

• Mining raw materials for phones is harmful to nature and contributes to climate change.

• Using your phone longer or buying a refurbished (=kunnostettu) phone doesn't really make a difference.

• Phones contain toxic materials.

• Manufacturers stop software support for their phones years before they actually stop working in order to make people buy new phones more often.

Answer explanation

3. 3. is false. The longer the lifecycle of a phone is, the more energy is conserved and the less waste is created

7. Rank the following means of transportation from the least polluting to the most polluting per passenger kilometre. Remember to START WITH THE LEAST POLLUTING option!

• bicycle

• e-bus

• e-car

• underground railway

• bus

Rank the following European countries from those with the highest to those with the lowest share of renewable energy (=uusiutuva energia) in 2020. START WITH THE HIGHEST!

• Denmark

• Finland

• Malta

• Germany

• Sweden

Answer explanation

Sweden (~60.1%)

Finland (~43.8%)

Denmark (~31.6%)

Germany (~19.3%)

Malta (~10.7%)

Rank the following European countries according to how much waste was recycled in 2020. START with the country that recycled THE MOST.

• Portugal

• Finland

• Germany

• Italy

• Sweden

Answer explanation

Germany (~68.3%)

Italy (~51.5%)

Finland (~41.6%)

Sweden (~38.8%)

Portugal (~26.5%)

Rank the following European countries according to the percentage of recycled materials new products are made of. START with the country that has THE MOST products made of recycled materials.

• Estonia

• Finland

• Romania

• The Netherlands

• Sweden

Answer explanation

The Netherlands (30.9%)

Estonia (17.3%)

Sweden (7.1%)

Finland (6.2%)

Romania (1.3%)