No. |
Answer |
Comment |
1. | B |
Aluminum cans and meat scraps should be kept out of
compost. |
2. | D |
Waste should not be dumped in the ocean because it pollutes
the water and harms the plants and animals that live
there. |
3. | C |
Landfills are not the answer to waste disposal because they can
potentially pollute the ground and surface water. |
4. | D |
Typically an aluminum can is recycled, melted down and back on
the store shelf in 6 weeks. |
5. | A |
Product packaging may represent up to 50% of the cost of an
item. |
6. | B |
Discarded packaging represents 30 to 40% of all household
trash. |
7. | C |
Recycling an aluminum can saves up to 95% of the energy that
would otherwise be used to produce it from raw ore. |
8. | C |
The world currently produces between 1/2 and 1 billion tons of
solid waste each year. |
9. | A |
About 1500 pounds of solid waste is placed in landfills each year
per person in the US. |
10. | A |
40 million tons of paper are thrown out each year in the U.S.
that could be recycled. |