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1.
How much household rubbish do we produce in this country
every year?
C) 100 million tonnes
2.
How big would the forest need to be if we grew all the trees we
need for paper in Britain every year?
A) The size of Wales
3.
How many times could we cover
Rotherham United football pitch with the rubbish we throw away each
year in Britain?
A) 28,450 times
4. Which
of the following is reusing paper?
D) Making paper mache models
5.
How much do the nappies an
average child uses in his/her lifetime weigh?
The same as...
B) A family car
6. Which
way of buying milk makes the least amount of waste?
B) 1 pint glass bottle from the milkman
7. Recycling
1 glass bottle or jar saves enough energy to power your TV for...
A) 20 minutes
8. On
average, how long does it take for a plastic bag to decay in landfill?
D) 500 years
9. Which
of the following cannot be composted?
D) Plastic milk carton
10. What
should you do with used motor oil?
C) Recycle it at a used oil collection
centre
11. In
1950 the worldwide manufacture of plastic was less than 5 million
tones,
but how much do we make now?
D) 80 million tones
12. What
happens to your rubbish after the bin men collect it?
B) It goes to landfill
13. How
many plastic bottles are used each day in Britain?
A) 15 billion
14. What
was Rotherham’s recycling rate in 2006?
D) 22.4%
15. What
percentage of this were Blue Box collections?
B) 15.4%
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