Sustainability 101

What one word comes to mind when you hear SUSTAINABILITY?

Can you recycle when you are at work?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

• I'm hungry and just want to eat

Biodegradable means that items break down rapidly leaving no trace of particles in the soil.

• True

• False

Let's talk rain barrels. How much water can be collected from a 15ft x 10ft section of roof with one downspout during a 1-inch rainfall?

• 25 gallons

• 55 gallons

• 75 gallons

• 500,000 gallons

Which item should NOT be added to a compost pile?

• Grass clippings

• shredded paper

• plastic food bags

• fruit and vegetable scraps

Buying foods in bulk or large packages rather than buying small, individually-wrapped package foods is an example of:

• Recycling

• Reusing

• Dieting

• Reducing

Approximately how much food produced worldwide is lost or wasted? (EPA, 2019)

• 7%

• 20%

• 30%

• 43%

True or False: nearly 30% of the world’s agricultural land is currently occupied to produce food that is ultimately never consumed. (EPA, 2019)

• True

• False

True or False: 66.2 million tons of wasted food was generated in the food retail, food service, and residential sectors. (EPA, 2019)

• True

• False

Food loss and waste accounts for how much of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions?

• 3%

• 7%

• 12%

• 16%