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Toronto Trash Trivia

 
  1. Toronto is getting cleaner! Do you know by how much? Between 2005 and 2006 how much less litter was there on our streets?
   
A 25
B 40
C 15
D 60
     
  2. Do you know what kind of litter people step on the most in Toronto?
   
A Pop cans
B Newspaper
C Broken glass
D Gum deposits
     
  3.

If you want to stop people from littering, what should you do?
   
A

Install more garbage cans
B Keep an area free from litter
C Have fines for littering
D Put up signs saying Do Not Litter
     
  4.

Of the litter found in Toronto, what is the most common material found?
   
A Candy wrappers
B Bubble gum
C Plastic materials
D Paper
     
  5.

What are the top four small litter items found on Toronto's streets?
   
A Gum deposits, paper, glass and jujubes
B Gum deposits, paper, glass and cigarettes.
C Gum deposits, paper, glass and bottle caps
D Gum deposits, paper, glass and pennies
     
  6.

What is the most common type of beverage container found on the streets of Toronto?
   
A Juice boxes
B Chocolate milk containers
C Soft drink cans
D Water bottles
     
  7.

What are the three most popular soft drink brands found on Toronto's streets?
   
A Coca Cola, Pepsi and Mountain Dew
B Coca Cola, Nestea and Jolt
C Pepsi, Orange Crush and Ginger Ale
D Coca Cola, Pepsi and Nestea
     
  8. What is the most popular brand of sport drink found as litter in Toronto?
   
A Ting
B Gatorade
C Powerade
D Kirkland
     
  9. What is the most common food wrap packaging found as litter in Toronto?
   
A Tim Hortons
B Coffee Time
C

Macdonalds
D Pizza Pizza
     
  10. What is the most common brand of gum packaging found as litter in Toronto?
   
A Trident
B Excel
C Juicy Fruit
D Dentyne
     
  11. Which of the following pieces of paper is most likely to end up littering the streets?
   
A TTC transfers
B Parking tickets
C Business cards
D Restaurant receipts
     
  12. On average, between January and August 2007, how many truck loads per day of solid waste were dumped in Michigan landfill?
   
A 25
B 60
C 74
D 45
     
  13. In 2006, approximately how many tonnes of waste went to Michigan landfill?
   
A 500, 654 tonnes
B 696,327 tonnes
C 600, 000 tonnes
D 1,000,000 tonnes
     
  14. How often are the Green Bin, Blue Bin (recycling) and Grey Bin (garbage) collected?
   
A Green Bin once per week, Blue Bin every other week and Grey Bin every other week
B Green bin once per week, Blue Bin every week and Grey Bin every week
C Green bin once per week, Blue Bin every other week and Grey Bin every week
D Green Bin once per week, Blue Bin every week and Grey Bin ever other week
     
  15. By 2010, what percentage of Toronto's waste does the City intend to divert from landfill?
   
A 40%
B 25%
C 70%
D 100%
     
  16. How many trees are saved by the recycling of one tonne of old newspapers?
   
A 0
B 19
C 7
D 10
     
  17. How  much energy is saved by the recycling of one pop can?
   
A Enough to run a light bulb for 20 minutes
B Enough to power your car for 1 hour
C Enough to power and IPOD for 1 year
D Enough to power a television for 3 hours
     
  18. How many plastic shopping bags do Canadians take home every week?
   
A 500 Thousand
B 12 Million
C 55 Million
D 2 Million
     
  19.

If you weigh 100 pounds, on average how much garbage will you throw in your lifetime?

   
A 100 pounds
B 600 pounds
C 60,000 pounds
D 1,000,000 pounds
     
  20. How many sheets of writing paper does 1 recycled pound of newspaper make?
   
A 500
B 250
C 1250
D 2000