6Rs

Question 1

What are the 6Rs?

Answer 1

1) Recycle
2) Reuse
3) Reduce
4) Refuse
5) Rethink
6) Repair

Question 2

What does rethink mean?

Answer 2

Asking if the product is needed in its current form. Whether a task can be done in a less damaging way to the environment or to be less harmful?

Question 3

What does reduce mean?

Answer 3

Use less material in a product and its packaging

Question 4

What does refuse mean?

Answer 4

Not accepting something if it is not the best option for the environment

Question 5

What does repair mean?

Answer 5

Extending the life of a product like fixing a product instead of throwing it away

Question 6

How is repair not always easy to do?

What is this known as?

Answer 6

Some products are designed to fail after a number of years

Planned obsolescence

Question 7

What does re-use mean?

Answer 7

Using the products parts again without reprocessing so finding a new usage after their main purpose has been fulfilled

Question 8

What is recycling?

Answer 8

The process of recovering useful materials from waste products this involves reprocessing the materials so breaking them down and making them into new material

Question 9

Name five materials that can be recycled

Answer 9

Paper 
Card
Aluminium 
Glass bottles
Plastics

Question 10

How does recycling save money?

Answer 10

Fewer raw materials are needed

Question 11

What is the estimated % of all product packaging that ends up in landfill sights?

Answer 11

70%

Question 12

Name a material that is bio-degradable

What is it made of that enables it to biodegrade?

Answer 12

PaperFoam

Potato starch