Reduce Reuse Recycle

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Reduce Reuse Recycle

• Become an
• Environmental Millionaire

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The Prizes
8 - 16,000 9 - 32,000 10 - 64,000 11 -
125,000 12 - 250,000 13 - 500,000 14 -
1,000,000

• 1 - 100
• 2 - 200
• 3 - 500
• 4 - 1,000
• 5 - 2,000
• 6 - 4,000
• 7 - 8,000

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Lifelines

• Phone a friend
• Ask the group
• Eliminate 2 incorrect answers

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100
The average American generates this much garbage
each day
A 10.2 pounds
B 3.6 pounds answer
C 2 pounds- answer
D 4.5 pounds answer
D 4.5 pounds
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200
This percentage of what we throw away could be
recycled, reused, donated, composted or made
into something new
A 50
B 80
B 80
C 91
D 47answer
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500
Plastic products require this much time to break
down in a landfill
A 50 years - answer
B 200 years
C 400 years
C 400 years
D 1000 years
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1000
The number of states that no longer accept yard
waste in landfills
A 16answer
B 23
B 23
C 30
D 42answer
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2000
In the US, 60-70 of waste goes to landfills.
What is the percentage in Japan?
A 30answer
B 28answer
C 10answer
D 16an
D 16
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4000
It is 95 more efficient to recycle this
material than to mine the component materials and
make it new
A - Glass
B - Steel
C Aluminium
C Aluminium
D - -Paper
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8000
One ton of computer scrap components contains
more gold than _____of gold ore
A 2.6 tons
B 6 tons
C 17 tons
C 17 tons
D 22 tons
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16000
If every household replaced one roll of virgin
fiber paper towels with a roll of 100 recycled
towels, this number of trees could be saved
A 1,000,000answer
A 1,000,000
B 10,000
C 250,000
D 500,000
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32000
This type of food packaging can be reused with
any type of food, regardless of what was
originally packed in the container.
A Microwave dinner tray/bowl
B Whipped topping container
C A bread wrapper
D A glass jar
D A glass jar
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64000
This type of food packaging product should not
be reused to store leftover food
A Plastic butter tubs
B A pickle jar
C Styrofoam
C Styrofoam
D Plastic zipper bags-
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125000
According to the new Make Do and Mend, this
item can be reused for dusting computer monitors
and plasma TVs
A Old socks
B -Used fabric softener sheets
B Used fabric softener sheets
C Plastic grocery bags
D Scraps of fleece
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250000
Which of the following should not be put into a
compost bin or pile?
A Coffee grounds/filters
B Hair and fur
C Wood Chips
D Charcoal Ash
D Charcoal Ash
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500000
During this decade, people first began to view
clothing as disposable
A the 1920s
A the 1920s
B the 1950s
C the 1980s
D the 1940s
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1000000
According to the Lifecycle Model, which stage in
the life of a cotton shirt creates the greatest
environmental impact?
A Production
B Manufacturing
C Use
C Use
D Distribution answer
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100
The average American generates this much garbage
each day
A 10.2 pounds
D 4.5 pounds answer
D 4.5 pounds
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200
This percentage of what we throw away could be
recycled, reused, donated, composted or made
into something new
B 80
B 80
D 47answer
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500
Plastic products require this much time to break
down in a landfill
B 200 years
C 400 years
C 400 years
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1000
The number of states that no longer accept yard
waste in landfills
B 23
B 23
C 30
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2000
In the US, 60-70 of waste goes to landfills.
What is the percentage in Japan?
A 30answer
D 16an
D 16
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4000
It is 95 more efficient to recycle this
material than to mine the component materials and
make it new
C Aluminium
C Aluminium
D - -Paper
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8000
One ton of computer scrap components contains
more gold than _____of gold ore
B 6 tons
C 17 tons
C 17 tons
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16000
If every household replaced one roll of virgin
fiber paper towels with a roll of 100 recycled
towels, this number of trees could be saved
A 1,000,000answer
A 1,000,000
C 250,000
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32000
This type of food packaging can be reused with
any type of food, regardless of what was
originally packed in the container.
B Whipped topping container
D A glass jar
D A glass jar
28
64000
This type of food packaging product should not
be reused to store leftover food
A Plastic butter tubs
C Styrofoam
C Styrofoam
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125000
According to the new Make Do and Mend, this
item can be reused for dusting computer monitors
and plasma TVs
B -Used fabric softener sheets
B Used fabric softener sheets
D Scraps of fleece
30
250000
Which of the following should not be put into a
compost bin or pile?
B Hair and fur
D Charcoal Ash
D Charcoal Ash
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500000
During this decade, people first began to view
clothing as disposable
A the 1920s
A the 1920s
B the 1950s
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1000000
According to the Lifecycle Model, which stage in
the life of a cotton shirt creates the greatest
environmental impact?
B Manufacturing
C Use
C Use
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Phone a Friend
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Ask the group
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Instructions for using Millionaire game

• Click anywhere in the slide to activate
  animations or advance a slide.
• 50-50 button links to a new slide with two wrong
  answers removed. 2nd click on that page shows the
  answer. To return to game, click on the O-state
  logo
• Phone a Friend and Ask the Group buttons take
  you to a generic slide. Click on the O-state
  button to return to the slide show.
• Have a copy of the handout available for the
  Phone a Friend option. Allow 30 seconds to look
  up the answer.
• For Ask the Group option, use a show of hands
  from the group