1) Name ways that each of these items can be reused, instead of throwing them away.
• Cardboard box- New boxes, paper bags, and animal bedding
• Plastic Milk Carton-Bottles, toys and pipes
• Glass Jar-Store leftover, buttons, and nails
• Newspaper-Picking it up in the cafe and then returning it
2) Where in Recycle City can you get information on what to do with leftover cleaning products? Why is it important that we not throw chemicals into the regular trash? In the NorthWest section, Recycle City Hazardous Waste Center. It is important that we don't throw that away because it can release toxics into the air and sometimes even explode.
3) Visit some houses in Recycle City. Make a list of 4 hazardous wastes that can be found in those homes.
5) Gas stations aren’t just places to fill up the tank. Can you find 2 things that Shaq at the Recycle City Gas Station does to help the environment? Shaq recycles oil, and checks tire pressure monthly that can reduce gas mileage by 2 percent.
6) Identify 2 recycling activities that Recycle City students use to help raise money for class projects. Paper recycling drive and using plastic containers that they can wash over and over again instead of wrapping it up.
7) Name 4 car parts that can be re-used rather than thrown away.
9) Harlin Hazzard of the Recycle City Hazardous Waste Center wants to hire you as his assistant manager. Before you can accept, you must name 4 characteristics that make hazardous waste hazardous.
12) Name 3 places in Recycle City you can find used tires. Look carefully.
16) What combination of programs did you use? Used the pay-as-throw method and making business recycle. Ended up 30 tons of paper .
17) Now try to reduce the overall waste in the city. Used the drop-off recycling center. The total waste was 95 tons and it costed 200,00 dollars.
• Cardboard box- New boxes, paper bags, and animal bedding
• Plastic Milk Carton-Bottles, toys and pipes
• Glass Jar-Store leftover, buttons, and nails
• Newspaper-Picking it up in the cafe and then returning it
2) Where in Recycle City can you get information on what to do with leftover cleaning products? Why is it important that we not throw chemicals into the regular trash? In the NorthWest section, Recycle City Hazardous Waste Center. It is important that we don't throw that away because it can release toxics into the air and sometimes even explode.
3) Visit some houses in Recycle City. Make a list of 4 hazardous wastes that can be found in those homes.
- Ammonia cleaners
- Hair straightener solutions
- Chlorine bleach
- Liquid medicine
5) Gas stations aren’t just places to fill up the tank. Can you find 2 things that Shaq at the Recycle City Gas Station does to help the environment? Shaq recycles oil, and checks tire pressure monthly that can reduce gas mileage by 2 percent.
6) Identify 2 recycling activities that Recycle City students use to help raise money for class projects. Paper recycling drive and using plastic containers that they can wash over and over again instead of wrapping it up.
7) Name 4 car parts that can be re-used rather than thrown away.
- Tires
- Doors
- Bumpers
- Seats
9) Harlin Hazzard of the Recycle City Hazardous Waste Center wants to hire you as his assistant manager. Before you can accept, you must name 4 characteristics that make hazardous waste hazardous.
- Ignitable
- Corrosive
- Toxic
- Reactive
- Bottom layer is next to Earth, very compact
- Strong, flexible, very thick
- One foot layer of gravel with pipes running through it
- Tough fabric called geotextile fabric
- One foot layer of compacted soil to separate the entire liner system
12) Name 3 places in Recycle City you can find used tires. Look carefully.
- Shaq's gas station
- Joe Yoshino's Auto Wrekers
- Recycle City School Playgrounds
- Reduce the number of packaging
- Use leftover coffee grounds
- Savemore's House
- Recycle City School
16) What combination of programs did you use? Used the pay-as-throw method and making business recycle. Ended up 30 tons of paper .
17) Now try to reduce the overall waste in the city. Used the drop-off recycling center. The total waste was 95 tons and it costed 200,00 dollars.