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1.
What percentage of rubbish in the average Suffolk bin is food waste?
32%
56%
11%
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And nearly half of that could be composted at home
2.
How often does the average person in the UK throw away their own body weight in rubbish?
Every week
Every seven weeks
Once a month
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Can you work out how much rubbish you throw out in a year using your weight?
3.
How much of the newsprint in the UK is made of recycled paper?
78%
100%
63%
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A newspaper can be recycled and back in the shops within 7 days !
4.
How many tonnes of cartons do we use in the UK every year?
150,000
23,000
57,000
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That's the same weight as 331 blue whales! Did you know you can recycle cartons in your recycling bin at home?
5.
The energy from waste facility near Ipswich will produce enough energy to power 33,000 households. Which Suffolk town has that many houses?
Hadleigh
Ipswich
Lowestoft
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That means we are making electricity using the rubbish we used to landfill – that’s much better!
6.
How much energy is saved by recycling aluminium cans?
50%
65%
95%
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Aluminium is made from Bauxite which is difficult and to mine and process, so it’s much better to use recycled!
7.
By recycling one glass bottle, how long could you power a laptop for?
15 minutes
1 hour
25 minutes
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So don’t forget to take them to the bottle bank!
8.
Each year in Suffolk we throw away on average 1,500 tonnes of plastic bottles. That's about the same as how many Indian elephants?
609
302
47
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Did you know you can make a fleece jacket from 25 recycled plastic bottles?
9.
Worms are great at eating organic wasteand turning it into compost. Each day they can eat their own body weight several times over! Can you guess how many times?
2
4
8
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You can compost anything as long as it’s 100% organic – even a wooly jumper!
10.
How many steel cans is it possible to produce from recycling one clothes iron?
4
13
25
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Metal is 100% recyclable and can be recycled again and again forever! Just melt it down and pour!
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