What is the most common item made from Type 1 plastics?
Water and drink bottles
What year did The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) adopt the triangle symbol and numbers that we see on recyclables today?umbering
1988 (that is only 36 years ago as of 2024)
The nickname "Gar-Barge" derives from what two words?
Garbage and Barge
Provide at least one example of a Type 5 plastic.
Food containers, medical and laboratory items, clear plastic bags, carpets, lightweight rope, diapers
Define "reduce".
to make less waste
How many miles did the garbage barge, Mobro 4000, travel when trying to find a landfill to accept its trash?
6000
What number was assigned to PET plastics?
Number 1
Name one item made from Type 2 plastics.
Milk jugs, laundry soap jugs, pill bottles, lightweight grocery bags, plastic lumber, folding chairs, plumbing pipes (not sewer), building insulation
What does is mean to repurpose an item?
to use the item for something other than it was made for
What is the antonym for "suffix"?
prefix
What is the name of the infamous garbage barge that ended up returning to New York after no landfills would accept its trash??
Mobro 3000
Give an example of a common Type 5 plastic you might have worn as a baby.
diapers (Do NOT put dirty diapers in recycling bins!)
What is the first thing that happens to plastics that are tossed into the recycling bin?
They are sorted by numbers
Name one item made from Type 3 plastics.
Sewer pipes, water pipes, electrical cable insulation, shower curtains, credit cards, clothes, shoes
Double the final consonant of a 1-1-1 Word if the suffix begins with a _____________.
vowel
reuse + -ed
reused
reduce + -ed
reduced
Which is an example of a tree (or its parts) being "reused" in nature?
The leaves of the tree make food for the tree.
The woodsman cuts down a tree.
The tree's leaves grow back each spring.
Birds line their nests with leaves.
Do not double the final consonant of a 1-1-1 Word if the suffix begins with a __________.
consonant
What is the definition of "recycle"?
to take used materials and make it into new materials
Name an example of a Type 4 plastic.
Heavy plastic shopping bags, plastic wrap, juice boxes, playground equipment
What types of plastics belong to the Type 7 group?
other, all others, the plastics not named in Types 1-6, or similar response accepted
What is the antonym for "prefix"?
suffix
What packing material is made from the same Type 6 plastics as plastic forks, spoons and knives?
Styrofoam
What is the definition of "reuse"?
using an item multiple times before recycling or putting it in the trash
The SPI estimates that for every ton of plastic recycled __________ barrels of oil are saved.
3.8 barrels of oil are saved
recycle + er
recycler