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1. Which country recycles the highest proportion of its household waste?
a) Australia
b) United Kingdom
c) Austria
d) United States
2. Which one of these items was NOT in the top 10 number of items of rubbish collected in the 2010 Clean Up Australia Day?
a) Plastic bags
b) Metal bottle caps
c) Cigarette butts
d) Glass pieces
3. Why is polystyrene counted separately from other plastic in annual Clean Up surveys?
a) It floats on water
b) It is toxic and shreds into tiny particles
c) It is a different colour
d) All of the above.
4. Which of these items shouldn’t go in the compost heap?
a) Coffee grounds
b) Vacuum cleaner waste
c) White paper bags
d) Meat scraps
5. You can recycle most plastic bottles, but should you also recycle the plastic bottle tops?
a) No
b) Only in some states
c) Yes
d) Yes, but only if still attached to their bottle
6. How many times can glass be recycled?
a) 10 times
b) Indefinitely
c) 80 times
d) 20 times
7. Biodegradeable plastic bags should be:
a) Used all the time because they break down in landfill
b) Used only sometimes, as they still take up space in landfill
c) Avoided where possible, because bags consume oxygen as they break down and this can lead to algal blooms
d) Used occasionally as they are very expensive
8. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Americans throw away enough aluminium every month to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet
b) Americans throw away enough plastic bottles each year to circle the Earth four times
c) Mount Rumpke, in the United States, is over 300 metres high and created entirely from rubbish
d) All of the above
9. How long does it take (approximately) to recycle an aluminium can?
a) Seven days
b) One month
c) Two months
d) Six months
10. E-waste is being sent to landfill at three times the rate of general waste. What types of appliances make up the greatest percentage of e-waste?
a) Computers, telephones, printers and faxes
b) Refrigerators
c) Televisions
d) Washing machines, dryers, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners and other small appliances.