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