Your Questions About Recycling

Need Help with this Recycling Quiz and I will judge who gets Best Answer if i get all Right?

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Products that create deadly vapors are known as:

corrosives

reactives

toxins

flammables

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Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Which of the following is NOT considered a hazardous waste?

bug spray

fertilizer

nail polish remover

pesticides

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Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Downcycling is defined as:

recycling Downy containers

lower grade of recycling

lower grade of plastic due to recycling

recycle education in the lower elementary grades

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Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Recycling paper does all but the following:

saves 380 gallons of oil

saves 17 trees

reduces water pollution

saves fluid for printing on paper

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Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Precycling means making environmentally sound decisions

in your home

after using an item

at the store before taking the product home

for your whole family

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Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 5.0 points)

Which is not one of the three R’s?

renew

reduce

recycle

reuse

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Question 7 (Essay Worth 5 points)

There are four statements below. Complete TWO of the four statements. For full credit, write a minimum of two sentences for each statement selected. Please use the wording below to start your answer.

1. The best thing about recycling is…

2. Sometimes recycling is hard because…

3. I promise not to litter because…

4. Besides recycling, I do the following to help my environment…

RECYCLING?? ( HDPE and PETE) (the triangle with the 1 or 2 in it)?

Two plastics that are targeted for recycling from household waste are PETE (1) ( plastic soft drink bottles/ peanut butter and salad dressing containers) and HDPE (2) ( milk, water, juice containers/ plastic grocery bags). One of the problems of recycling such materials is separating them. Suppose you have been hired to set up a process for separating large quantities (many tons) of waste plastic that is a mixture of PETE and HDPE. Describe how you might perform this separation.

ANY ANSWERS YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

REMEMBER 10 PTS FOR BEST ANSWER.

THANK YOU!!

Has there been a new ultra-sophisticated recycling process invented recently?

I recently got a notice in my mail regarding what is allowed in residential recycle bins. There is no more sorting, all plastic types #1 through #7 are accepted, including plastic bags and plastic bottle caps. Any type of clear glass is accepted now, including cookware and serving glasses. If broken, they ask you to put it inside another empty container that can be capped that is also being recycled. They used to prohibit pesticide containers but now they are permitted to be recycled. All types of paper, even junk-mail can now be included. Basically, the only thing that isn’t allowed in the recycle bin is food waste, pet waste, colored glass, disposable batteries, and a few other minor residuals. Oddly, about Porcelain and ceramics, every other month they come around for large item pickup for things such as old appliances, large furniture, electronics, and they say put Porcelain, ceramics, and Rechargeable batteries, in a cardboard box on that same day for pickup along with any large items.

Strange how they leave out colored glass. I’m wondering why there is no more sorting required anymore and how the recycling must work now that they city just tells residents and businesses to just rinse the stuff out and toss it in.

recycling container/ paper bag issues.?

-how come “home hardware” have not figured out that the paper bags that they sell to the public to put the compost or moist tree leaves or garden waste is more of a problem, rather than a efficient product.?
-when the paper bag is full of leaves or garden waste and put on the curb during the entire night the moisture/ rain wets these paper bags causing then to rip on the bottom.?

Do u think recycling all wastes is expensive?

cleaning contaminated containers..

How do teachers waste energy at school? Why is the meal packaging at school horrible?

The meals at school are in a bag. That has chips in a bag. With salsa in a container. With everything else in a container. Cant they just put it in a tray!!! Do you have any suggestions on how we could stop this. We could recycle the bags.

If I leave clipings on the lawn, it kills the lawn.Can i dump the lwn in a spl bin and convert into fertilizer

Is there a container/recycle basket that is available somewhere so i can convert the lawn waste into fertilzer ?

Recycling to create healthy environment?

There are many (small, little) things people can do to keep the environment healthy, for example: You can crush the egg shells and put it in either for your plants/ garden, and/or keep it in a container with fruits, vegetables peels, and keep it there until it decomposes and put it in your garden, plants, etc. But you can’t do that or anything for chickens, fish leftovers, and leftover lunches, dinner. What can you do about these things? What are some websites that shows how to keep all waste in your house (if not most) so you can recycle them?

Are some Recycled products really “Green”? I have a few I have issues with.?

I noticed many “Green” products being sold in many online stores are probably not so green after all, and maybe perhaps even dangerous to have around. Why are these being sold? And is there particular outrage against these products?

Here are some as follows:

Recycled tires used for everyday products- Recycled tires are probably fine for making more tires and perhaps shoe soles. But now I see them making recycled tire tubes into backpacks, wallets, cosmetics cases, and even side walks and playground impact absorbers. Tires are not non-toxic, they are loaded with additives to improve their performance and be UV and weather resistant. Have you even gone to a tire store? Notice the awful stench? Yeah those are VOCs, and I really wouldn’t like to have my skin get into contact with that stuff.

Recycled Vinyl Records- Hello, it’s VINYL. And maybe it’s fine to have them as a clock or drink coaster, but there are even BOWLS made of them now, and with FOOD on them, even worse, is that the vinyl has been weakened with age and the process of shaping and cutting them.

Recycled Motherboard- Don’t we all know that computer parts are loaded with fire retardants and other nasties? Why would you even want to touch that stuff and even have jewelry made from it?

Recycled cement bags- As long as they have been washed…but I do not want a bag with traces of cement in it.

Reclaimed Wood- I’d like to know where the wood comes from, I hope it’s not from wood soaked in arsenic or fire retardants, especially since the reclaiming process might involve cutting, sanding, and thus removal of the protective varnish and stuff that once held those nasties in.

Reclaimed billboard- This is pretty much plastic exposed to UV radiation for a long time…I do not want this touching my stuff.

Recycled metal from cars, bikes, tools, and oil drums- as long as they wash them very thoroughly…those things are very greasy and full of nasties such as industrial grade petrolatum and pesticides in the case of gardening tools.

What’s next? Ornaments made from recycled poison or nuclear waste containers? Really lets remember where things have been before we buy them. Or maybe I’m just paranoid? I’d also like to know more about these things because right now I’m just speculating from what I learned previously.