Thursday, February 23, 2012

Paper Quiz

Pop quiz to see if you read my posts over the past 2 weeks about paper.  I'll post the answers on Monday.  Feel free to respond in the comments, or ask questions!

1) I have a large report that is stapled together.  Do I really have to take the staple out before putting it in the recycling bin?

2) Did you notice that paper towels and toilet paper come on cardboard rolls?  Can these be recycled?
(some brands are doing away with the cardboard rolls to save resources!)

3) I just printed out 10 pages of labels and stuck them to the envelopes.  What should I do with the backing paper?

4) All of our mail seems to come in those envelopes with windows.  Do I need to throw these away?

5) After I microwave my frozen Lean Cuisine lunch, what should I do with the box that it came in?

6) We used paper plates for a sandwich-type lunch.  No food got on the plates.  Can we recycle them?

7) What about the paper cups that we used that had water in them?

8) I shred all my sensitive documents.  Can I recycle them? What should I put them in? (hah - 2 questions here!)

9) Name 1 benefit of recycling paper and/or using recycled paper with high post-consumer waste content.

10) At least on the Planning & Building side of City Hall, we use carbonless paper for hand-written receipts, building inspections, etc.  What should we do with the scraps and other pieces that we don't need?

Bonus Question:  What is the one exception to question 5 above?

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