Name:_______________________Date:____________Teacher____________Score______
1: Since 1990, Miami-Dade
County's curbside recycling program has collected over 300,000 tons
of recyclables. That's equal to the weight of approximately:
a. 400 fire trucks
b. 75,000 elephants
c. 3 million ants
2: Which of
the following items is NOT part of Miami-Dade County's curbside
recycling program:
a. green, brown and clear glass
b. orange juice and other drink boxes
c. pizza boxes
d. aluminum cans
3: So far, Miami-Dade County's curbside recycling program has recycled over 215,000 tons of newspaper. In doing so, we have:
a. spared over 3 million happy trees
b. saved enough water to fill 2,000 Olympic sized pools
c. both a and b
4: To promote recycling countywide, Miami-Dade County
passed a law, which requires apartments, condominiums and commercial
businesses to recycle.
a. true
b. true for multi-family housing but not for businesses
c. false
5: In the phrase, "Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle", the term reduce means:
a. buy products with little or no packaging
b. buy low-fat products
c. buy products in the smallest size available