Making smart sustainable choices requires practice. Earth911’s twice-weekly sustainability quiz helps you hone your ability to recognize earth-friendly products and services. Through your daily choices — from transportation mode to purchases to waste disposal — you can make a positive difference. Use the quiz to develop your skills for making the best sustainability choices (and have some fun!). The world will thank you for it!
Electronics and computing have transformed everyday life, but at a price to the environment that, with dedicated recycling and smart buying decisions, can be paid back over the next several decades. Take this quiz to test your knowledge about the e-waste challenge and your opportunity to make a difference.
Every week, Earth911.com challenges you with quizzes to test your sustainability savvy and help you make environmentally friendly choices when you shop, use products and dispose of unwanted items.
Electronics — from radios and MP3 players to flat-screen TVs and computers — have become a part of life around the world. EPEAT, a global independent verification program for corporate sustainability claims, estimates that 40 percent of the heavy metals in landfills comes from electronics.
How much e-waste does the United States produce each year?
The United States recycles only 12 percent of its e-waste. What is the dollar value, according to EPEAT, an organization that monitors corporate recycling compliance, of unrecycled gold, silver and platinum in the U.S. annually?
Americans toss out working electronics every day. Making one PC requires 530 pounds of fossil fuel, 48 pounds of chemicals and 396 gallons of water to produce, yet many are thrown out before they stop working.
What’s the most environmentally responsible way to dispose of that PC you think is running too slowly?
As the volume of e-waste grows, some states have moved to ban throwing electronics in the trash. How many states currently restrict e-waste in landfills?
That old MP3 player, mobile phone or laptop may put cash in your pocket. As we’ve seen, electronics contain many valuable components that can be re-used in new products. The fastest way to make some money or save on your next purchase is to trade in electronics at a retailer or computer store.
Which retailers offer trade-in and responsible recycling programs? Select all the correct answers.
Earth911.com Quiz #10: Tackling E-waste in the Home and Office
How much e-waste is produced in the United States annually?
How much gold, silver and platinum in electronics goes unrecycled annually?
What’s an eco-friendly way to dispose of a working PC?
How many states ban electronics in landfills?
Which electronics retailers offer recycling or trade-in programs?
This quiz was originally published on May 15, 2018.
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