Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Take the Recycling Quiz



  1. Recycling just one plastic bottle can save the same amount of energy needed to power a 60watt lightbulb for:
    1. 10 minutes
    2. 1 hour
    3. 6 hours
       
  2. Each Kansan produces an average of more than_________of trash each year.
    1. 1/2 ton
    2. 3/4 ton
    3. 1 ton
       
  3. In Kansas we recycle ____% of our waste.
    1. 20%
    2. 30%
    3. 40%
       
  4. The average office worker uses ________ sheets of paper each year.
    1. 2,000
    2. 5,000
    3. 10,000
       
  5. By recycling 1 ton of paper you save:
    1. 500 lbs. of air pollution
    2. 17 trees
    3. 400 gallons of oil
    4. 7,000 gallons of water
       
  6. How long does it take for a Styrofoam cup to decompose?
    1. 100 years
    2. 1000 years
    3. Forever
       

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