MSW
municipal solid waste
Throwing away a hamburger is equivalent to...
Occupying 90 acres of arable land
Taking a 90-minute shower
Punching your classmate 90 times
Killing 90 cows
the world’s top per capital polluter
USA
the world’s top gross polluter
China
(True/False) The amount of annual food waste is in the 14-digits
False (13-digits)
(True/False) 33% of all food produced globally goes to waste
True
The word, “plastic,” derives from which language?
Chinese
Arabic
Latin
Greek
Roughly what % of the world’s fresh water supply is used to grow food that is never eaten?
10
50
25
33
Which of the following is something we do NOT often incorrectly throw away?
water bottle
tissues
razor blade
plastic utensils
If food waste were a country, it would b the ____ largest emitter of greenhouse gases...
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
Annual global plastic production produces the same plastic waste as...
18 Suns
17 Suns
5,128 Blue Whales
359,000,000,000 BJ12 classmates
6,158 Great Walls
By 2050, worldwide municipal solid waste generation is expected to have increased by roughly ____ percent to 3.4 billion metric tons.
70%
The most common type of waste...
other types of waste
food waste
paper/cardboard waste
plastic waste