Recycling Plastic Bottles

Which example shows a consumer recycling?

• Phillip takes plastic water bottles to a recycling center.

• Phillip makes a bowling game out of the plastic bottles.

• Phillip throws the plastic bottles into the trash can.

The 3 arrows on the recycling loop represent the 3 R's or ___, ___, and ___.

• regulate, refine, reflect

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• refurbish, reassign, remember

Which item takes 450 years to biodegrade in a landfill?

• aluminum can

• newspaper

• glass

• plastic bottle

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What does RECYCLING mean?

• throw away

• give things to other people

• make new things out of old ones

• using things again and again

What is the primary benefit of recycling plastic bottles?

• Reduces landfill waste

• Increases landfill waste

• Increases production of new plastic

• Decreases the cost of plastic production

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Which of the following is a common method for recycling plastic bottles?

• Incineration

• Landfilling

• Mechanical recycling

• Chemical decomposition

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What is the main environmental concern associated with not recycling plastic bottles?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Soil contamination

• Increased greenhouse gas emissions

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Which process involves breaking down plastic bottles into small pellets for reuse?

• Pyrolysis

• Mechanical recycling

• Biodegradation

• Thermal depolymerization

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What type of plastic is most commonly used for water bottles and is often recycled?

• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)

• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

• Polystyrene (PS)

• Polypropylene (PP)

How does recycling plastic bottles help conserve energy?

• It requires more energy to recycle than to produce new plastic

• It uses less energy than producing new plastic from raw materials

• It has no impact on energy conservation

• It increases energy consumption

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