Investigating Recycling Scavenger Hunt!
Read the questions below. Click on the "Click Here" link to go to a website to find the answer. After you have read the information, write you answer on the worksheet of this page provided to you by your teacher.
1. What is the "EPA"? Click Here!
2. What are the 9 kinds of trash that make up the average household's garbage? Click Here!
3. What is recycling? Click Here!
4. Why should we reduce and reuse our trash? Click Here!
5. What is waste reduction? Click Here!
6. What is one example of how you can reuse your trash? Click Here!
7. List one example of a why you can reduce and reuse your trash at home? Click Here!
8. What is a landfill? Click Here!
9. What are landfills designed to protect? Click Here!
10. How does a landfill work? Click Here!
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11. What happens when a landfill gets full? Click Here!
12. What should be done with the leaves and grass (trimmings) from your backyard? Why? Click Here!
13. What is a basic recipe for making a compost heap in your own backyard? Click Here!

Created on December 1, 2005 Last updated on December 6, 2005 Created by Ms. Keiss