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Total Trash Out - Recycling Games & Trivia
TTO Classroom Packet (.doc)
TTO FACTS
- As of January 1st, 2007, each pound of aluminum is worth $1.60/lb
- There are approximately 31.3 crushed cans in a pound
- If a school has 500 students and each student collects at least 10 pounds of aluminum, the school would earn $8,000!
- Aluminum cans are lighter in weight than other metal cans and have no seams
- Take the magnet test! If a magnet sticks to the can, its not aluminum
- Be sure to clean and crush cans before depositing them in a recycling bin
DID YOU KNOW?
- An aluminum can takes 200-500 years to decay
- A tin can takes 100 years to decompose
- A plastic six-pack beverage cover takes 450 years to decompose
- A traffic ticket tossed to the ground takes 2-4 weeks to decompose
- A cotton rag littering a yard takes 1-5 months to decay
- A rope left on a construction site takes 3-14 months to decay
- A wool sock left at a campground takes 1 year to decompose
- A bamboo pole left on the ground takes 1-3 years to decompose
- A painted wood stake decomposes after about 13 years
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