RECYCLING QUIZ BASIC KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS.

By the year 11 Creative and Media Team.

2. What materials go in the recycling box?

The materials that can go in the recycling box is:- Glass- Cans and tins - Empty aerosols - Aluminium foil - Clothes- Shoes

2. Where do the following materials go?

a) Paper: Blue Bagb) Plastics: White Bag c) Cans: Recycling Boxd) Glass: Recycling Boxe) Grass: Green Bagf) Boxes: Recycling Boxg) Wood: Binh) Newspapers: Blue Bagi) Magazines: Blue Bag

3. What is Recycling?

• You would get the answer right if it was based around the answer below:– Recycling is the process of re-using a given

product beyond its intended use, or producing a new product from recyclable materials.

4. In the well known environmental slogan. What does R.R.R stand for?

• R.R.R stands for– Reduce – Re-use – Recycle

5. What is Biodegradable?

You would get the answer correct if it is something like the following answer• Biodegradable is something that is capable of being broken down

(decomposed) rapidly by the action of microorganisms. • Also you could include some examples of biodegradable

substances for example:– Food scraps– Cotton – Wool– Wood– Human and animal waste– Manufactured products based on natural materials.

6. How many bins are on the concourse?

• On the concourse there are exactly 17 bins.

7. If you added all the recycling bin in the whole school how many would there be?

• There are only 24 recycling bins in the whole school.

Rooms Number of recycling

bins in rooms

Drama 0/2

English 4/6

Music 0/2

Languages 2/6

Science 6/9

Re 2/2

Maths 3/5

Art/DT 6/10

PE 0/0

Businesses 1/4

8. Our aim is to reduce wastage at Cranford – Name 3 things you could do to make this happen.

• You could get any answer if you put things down that are appropriate to the question.

• Some people’s answers are:– Turn lights off, switch of plugs, switch to energy

saving bulbs.– Recycle paper, Do not litter, Clean up after yourself.– Recycle things, Reuse things more than once,

Reduce waste.– Turn off lights, recycle paper, turn off computers.

Thank you for taking part in the Quiz.