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1
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What is a dépotoir?

A

Garbage dump (or landfill)

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How much garbage does the average person in Québec produce per year?

(Hint: the number is in kg, or kilograms)

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700kg

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What are 3 bad things about a dépotoir?

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  1. They overflow
  2. Make pollution
  3. Smell bad
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What is ‘3VR’? Use the french words

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Réduir, réutuliser, recycler, valoriser

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What is a ‘déchet’ (or, ‘what is garbage’)?

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A good that has been used and then thrown out in a garbage can or in nature

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What happens to garbage when you throw it out into a dépotoir (or landfill)

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It breaks down (or disintegrates)

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Does all garbage break down in the same amount of time?

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No

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How long does paper take to break down?

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1-5 months

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How long do fruit peels (like banana peels) take to break down?

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1-6 months

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How long does it take for newspapers to break down?

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3-12 months

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How long does it take for cigarette butts (the end of the cigarette after it is all used up) to break down?

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1-2 years

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How long does it take for chewing gum to break down?

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5 years

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13
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How long do aluminum cans (like the ones soups are in) take to break down?

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10-200 years

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How long do styrofoam cups (the white cups for water or juice) take to break down?

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50-80 years

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How long do plastic bags or plastic bottles take to break down?

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100-1000 years

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How long do glass bottles (like what Coca-Cola is in) take to break down?

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4000-5000 years

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What are the 4 principles of 3VR?

Hint: it’s 4 different words, 3 begin with ‘R’ and one begins with ‘V’

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  1. Reduce (réduire),
  2. Reuse (réutiliser),
  3. Recycle (recycler),
  4. Give it value (valoriser)
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In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘réduire’ (reduce)?

(Hint: there are three things that you do when you reduce)

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Produce less, consume less, and avoid products that take a long time to break down

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In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘réutiliser’ (reuse)?

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Give away, borrow, rent, or buy used goods

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In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘recycler’ (recycle)?

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Take the main material (matière première) of a product and make it into new products

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In the principles of 3VR, what is the definition of ‘valoriser’ (give it value)?

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Give a good a ‘second life’ instead of throwing it out, or turn it into energy like composting.

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What is the definition of the expression ‘matière première’?

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Anything in nature that we can transform or use to make things or produce energy

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What are 2 examples of things that are ‘matières premières’?

(Hint: one of them is in nature, and the other one is in cars)

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  1. Oil (pétrole) is used to make plastic.

2. Wood (le bois) from trees is used to make paper.

24
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In your average garbage can in Québec, what are the 4 different kinds of materials that are in the garbage can, and what percent (%) of space (out of 100%) do each of them take up in the garbage can? (Hint: some of it is recyclable, and some of it is not)

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44% - Organic materials (matière organique) like food and leaves (nourriture et feuilles)

20% - Paper and cartons (papier et carton)

16% - Plastic, glass, and metal (plastique, verre, et métal)

20% - Other stuff like tissues and other objects

25
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What are the 5 steps in the cycle of recycling? (Or, when something is recycled, what are the 5 steps that happens?)

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  1. Extracting the primary material (matière première)
  2. Creating a new product
  3. Using the product
  4. Putting it in the garbage
  5. Back to (1)
26
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When you organize your garbage, what do you do?

A

You separate what is recyclable and what is not recyclable

27
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What does the french word ‘refus’ mean?

A

A french word for ‘garbage’

28
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Once you separate all of your garbage into different bins and put them outside, what does the city (la Municipalité)?

(Hint: it’s a special ‘key word’ for the test)

A

They come with their trucks to make a ‘selective collection’ (collecte sélective)

29
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What is a ‘selective collection’ (collecte sélective)?

A

Different trucks that pick up only certain kids of garbage (like recycling only, or compost only) come to your house and empty your bin into their trucks

30
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Where do the recycling trucks go after they pick up the recycling?

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A triage center (centre de tris)

31
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What is a triage center (centre de tris)?

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A place where they take your garbage and separate it even more, so they take away what they can recycle into new things, and throw out what they can’t recycle into new things

32
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In the cahier, what are 7 examples of the different kinds of materials the triage center (centre de tris) separates the garbage as?

(Hint: ‘materials’ means the kind of stuff that is used to make things, like how plastic is used to make water bottles)

A
  1. Acier (or ‘fer’, iron) and other metals
  2. Briques alimentaire (like juice boxes)
  3. Aluminum
  4. Opaque plastic (that is not see-through)
  5. Transparent plastic
  6. Newspaper and cardboard
  7. Rejected materials (things that can’t be recycled)
33
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What is the cool way the triage center separates iron from the rest of the garbage?

A

A big magnet

34
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Some garbage material in the triage center is refused, because they don’t have factories in Québec that can recycle them. What is an example of 1 of those materials?

(Hint: it is one specific thing, not a type of material)

A

Le polystyrène, a kind of plastic

35
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The triage center also rejects garbage that has to go in collection centers (‘centres de collecte’). What is a collection center?

A

A place that buys or gets for free garbage that goes to a different recycling place that isn’t in Québec

36
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What are 2 examples of garbage that goes to collection centers?

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  1. Batteries (‘piles’)

2. Lightbulbs (‘ampoules’)

37
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Why is it important that you only put the right things into the recycling?

(Hint: there are two reasons)

A
  1. The stuff that can’t be recycled goes to the junkyard

2. Processing things that can’t be recycled wastes time at the triage center, so it makes recycling more expensive

38
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When you recycle things, primary materials (‘matières premières) are extracted from it.

You can use the primary materials to make RECYCLABLE MATERIALS (objects and things like bottles or clothing material).

You can use those recyclable materials to make NEW PRODUCTS (like shirts and soccer balls)

What are 5 examples of these ‘matières premières’?

A
  1. Oil (‘pétrole’)
  2. Sand (‘sable’)
  3. Aluminum,
  4. Iron (‘mineral de fer’)
  5. Wood (‘bois’)
39
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What are the 4 good things that happen when you recycle?

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  1. Reduce the creation of garbage
  2. Preserving natural resources
  3. Protecting the environment
  4. Saving money
40
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What is composting?

A

A way of recycling organic garbage that turns it into soil called ‘compost’

41
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What are 3 types of organic garbage or compostable things?

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  1. Plants
  2. Food scraps
  3. Paper
42
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What is the cycle of composting? Or, when something is composted, what are the 6 steps that happen?

(Hint: there are 6 steps)

A
  1. Throwing garbage out into the compost bin
  2. A truck picks up the compost bin, or you bury the garbage in your backyard
  3. Micro-organisms, bugs, and mushrooms break down the garbage
  4. Compost is created
  5. People use the compost to make things
  6. Back to (1)
43
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What is good about ‘compost’ (the word for the dirt that composting turns garbage into)

A

It is full of nutrients that feeds plants

44
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What are the 4 advantages of composting?

Hint: 3 of them ‘reduces’ bad things

A
  1. Reduce creation of garbage by reusing it
  2. Naturally produces soil (compost) to feed plants and make them grow
  3. Reduce the use of bad chemicals people use on plants that hurt the environment
  4. Reduces the amount of gas that is bad for the environment in landfills
45
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Do all countries produce the same amount of garbage?

A

No

46
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Give 1 example of a country that produces MORE garbage than Canadians

A

United States

47
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Give 1 example of a country that produces LESS garbage than Canadians

A

Japan

48
Q

What does the geographic land of Japan look like? Is it all one land, or is it made up of different lands like islands?

A

It is made up of 4 islands

49
Q

Does Japan have a lot of people in it?

A

Yes

50
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In Tokyo, Japan, how many categories do the people have to separate their garbage into?

A

9

51
Q

In the city of Kamikatsu, Japan, how many categories do they separate their garbage into?

A

34

52
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Why does the city of Kamikatsu separate their garbage into so many categories?

A

They want to get rid of all garbage

53
Q

In many countries, what did people used to wrap things up with, like wrapping food or other products?

A

Banana leaves

54
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Why was using banana leaves to wrap things up with (like food and other things) a good idea?

A

Banana leaves break down into compost very quickly

55
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What do many countries use now to wrap things up with?

A

Plastic

56
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Why is using plastic to wrap things up with bad?

A

It takes many years to turn into compost

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