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Recycling one aluminum can can save enough energy to run a TV for...

3 hours

10 hours

30 minutes

10 minutes

Glass takes _____ ______ to fully degrade in a landfill

2,000 years

16,000,000 years

1,000,000 years

300,000 - 500,000 years

Americans throw away 35 billion plastic bottles every year, of which 25% are recycled. If we recycled the other 75% we could save...

8 billion gallons of oil and 352 million cubic yards of landfill space annually.

1 billion gallons of oil and 44 million cubic yards of landfill space annually.

54 million gallons of oil and 24 million cubic yards of landfill space annually.

4.5 billion gallons of oil and 198 million cubic yards of landfill space annually.

Recycling paper __% less air pollution and __% less water pollution than making paper from raw materials.

50%, 28%

35%, 88%

74%, 35%

56%, 74%

Each year, food that is wasted uses...

25% of all freshwater and 300 million barrels of oil.

15% of all freshwater and 100 million barrels of oil every year.

40% of all freshwater and 800 million barrels of oil.

7% of all freshwater and 200 million barrels of oil.

The United States spends over _________ dollars a year on the production of food that is never eaten as well as an additional 750 million dollars a year to dispose of unwanted food.

165 billion

65 billion

930 million

17 billion

What can you do about it?

Properly sort your trash

Take only what you know you can eat

Clean your recyclables BEFORE you recycle them

Use a reusable water bottle/container

Donate clothes/furniture/items that you don't want or use anymore

All of the above

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