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Sizing Up Solid Waste



Your First Name


1.Nature recycles a glass bottle in:
100 years 500 years 1000 years 1 million years


2.For every $11 spent on groceries, about $______ is/are spent on packaging.
$1 $2 $3 $4


3.Nearly half of the people in Michigan don’t know where the garbage that is hauled from their household is taken.
true false


4.The production of a ton of paper from recycled waste saves ______ trees.
5 trees 17 trees 28 trees 35 trees


5.It is estimated that _______% of the country’s landfills will be closed by 1993.
45 percent 10 percent 25 percent 5 percent


6.In 1988, about 17% of household solid waste was made up of :
glass plastics food magazines/newspapers


7.The use of plastic beverage containers in the U.S. increased from 15 million in 1967 to _______ in 1985.
50 million 200 million 4.5 billion 12.5 billion


8.In 1987, _______ million tons of waste paper were exported from the United States.
4 9 2 6



 

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