Each question in this quiz is timed.
In the page 1-2-3 of Recycling at Home, which step is NOT applicable to Singapore?
Place all recyclables in the recycling bin
Do not place yard waste in the recycling bin
Rinse metal and plastic containers
Remove all remaining residue in metal and plastic containers
In the page 1-2-3 of Recycling at Home, which of the following statements CANNOT be found?
Do not place recyclables around the recycling bin
Bottle caps can be recycled
Glass of all colours can be recycled
Plastic labels on bottles must be removed
Bonus Question: Which of the following items can be recycled?
Old clothes
Styrofoam boxes
Plastic bags
Straws
From the Online Games page, MRF stands for .
From the diagram on MRFs, step 1 is ...
Trucks unload mixed recycling onto the tipping floor at the MRF. A front loader then moves the recycling onto a conveyor belt.
A magnet removes steel cans from the stream.
The crushed cans, broken glass and bales of aluminium and plastic are all sent to manufacturers as raw materials.
An eddy current separator repels the aluminium cans and foil from the conveyor belt.
What is the definition of a 'tipping floor'?
A floor where you tip the waiter in a restaurant
An area in the MRF where trucks drive in, "tip" solid waste onto the floor and drive out
An area where garbage collectors "tip" rubbish over
A dance floor for extreme tricks
What is a conveyor belt?
Other than at a MRF, where else will you find a conveyor belt? (2 ticks only)
Airport
Japanese restaurant
School
Cinema
Bookshop
A park
In the Super Sorter Game, the 4 different sorter machines are the , , and .
In the page Recycling Facts, 5 plastic bottles can make a t-shirt or fibrefill for a jacket.
In the page Recycling Facts, one plastic bottle takes up to one thousand years to degrade in a landfill.
In the page Recycling Facts, the recycle symbol appears 37 36 35 38 39( 37, 36, 35, 38, 39 ) times.
In the page Recycling Facts, the materials focused on are ... (tick 3 answers only)
steel
plastic
aluminium
metal
paper
cloth
glass
In the page Recycling Facts, which statement CANNOT be found?
Enough plastic is thrown away each month to circle the earth four times.
Over 50% of the aluminium cans produced are recycled.
Each year North America recycles more steel than aluminium, glass, plastic and paper combined.
Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled.
The National Recycling Rate in Singapore was % in 2013. However, the domestic recycling rate was only %.
In the page Recycling Statistics in Singapore, there is a picture entitled "Why Little Beng Huat's Recycling Effort Fails...". True or False? The little boy in the picture is trying to put something in the recycling bin.
In the page Recycling Statistics in Singapore, there is a picture entitled "Why Little Beng Huat's Recycling Effort Fails...". What is the job of a Karung Guni Man?
To pick up rubbish
To collect newspapers only
To collect recyclables for recycling and make money from recycling
To be an Ah Beng or Ah Huat
In the page Recycling Statistics in Singapore, there is a picture entitled "Why Little Beng Huat's Recycling Effort Fails...". True or False? The mother's statement is educating her child well.
In the page Recycling Statistics in Singapore, there is a picture entitled "Why Little Beng Huat's Recycling Effort Fails...". Why did his recycling effort fail?
He did not know how to sort the recyclable items correctly.
His mother discouraged him from recycling as she thought it was a lowly job.
He did not want to be a Karung Guni Man.
He was throwing rubbish into the recycling bin.
El Gamma Penumbra are the of Asia's Got Talent 2015 Season.
How did the Bag It story begin?
With a plastic bag
With a paper bag
With a cup of yogurt
With many plastic bags
According to the Bag It video, what is the dirty little secret of plastic bags?
Plastic bags get kept with other plastic bags.
Plastic bags don't go away.
Plastic bags are collected by almost everyone.
Plastic bags are created to be thrown away.
According to the video Bag It, plastic bags ... (select 4 answers)
pollute
fly
float
drift
swim
disappear
run
destroys
The name of the girl in the Zero Waste Girl video is .
According the the video Zero Waste Girl, the girl only created 1 2 3 4( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) jar of trash in 1 2 3 4( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) years.
In the video Zero Waste Girl, the girl reduced her waste through...
composting
buying only what she needs
going to the supermarket
studying Environmental Studies in university
In the video Zero Waste Girl, the following items were discussed: (three ticks only)
toothbrushes
sponges
cotton balls
pails
plates
soap
In the video Zero Waste Girl, the recipe for making was shown.
According to the video Zero Waste Girl, step 1 to reducing your trash is to KNOW YOUR TRASH.
In the page My Carbon Footprint, one tonne is ...
1kg
10kg
100kg
1000kg
In the page My Carbon Footprint, an average Singaporean's carbon footprint is...
7000 kg/year
7 kg/month
1 tonne/month
7000 g/year