Waste Not, Want not

1. What is the politically correct name for a garbage dump?

2. How much garbage does each person produce per year?

3. How much garbage is produced worldwide each day?

4. How much food do we throw away in North America?

5. What kind of government subsidies exist for recycling?

6. How much garbage is recycled in the U.S. on average?

7. How much of the volume of a landfill does plastic occupy?

8. How much of the volume of a landfill does newspaper occupy?

9. What single factor speeds up decomposition the most?

10. What useful product can be obtained from the decomposition of garbage?

11. How much of the electricity used by the city of Los Angeles is produced by its landfills?

12. Why haven't incinerators been successful in North America?

13. Why are environmental crimes taken so seriously?

14. Where does sewage from Lima, Peru go?

15. What 2 useful by-products are reaped from sewage treatment in Peru?

16. How is waste water treated in one town in California?

17. How is consumerism related to the garbage problem?

18. Which societies are the biggest producers of garbage?

19. Why have many towns started recycling programs?