Zero Waste Week 2020: Waste Warrior Quiz

Thanks for taking our Waste Warrior Quiz as part of Zero Waste Week 2020: Home Edition! We hope you learn something new about waste sorting rules on campus and help to support our campus goal of becoming a zero waste campus by 2035. For more information about zero waste week, please visit uwaterloo.ca/sustainability/zerowasteweek!

Eligibility: You must be a student or employee at the University of Waterloo, aged 18 years or older and residing in Ontario to be eligible for the prize draw.

Quiz Details: The quiz will be available from Monday, October 19, 2020 at 9:00am until Friday, October 30, 2020 at 11:59pm. Completion of the quiz and provision of a @uwaterloo.ca email address will automatically enter the participant into the prize draw. One entry per person. No purchase is necessary. Participation is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time. Alternate entry can be arranged by emailing Andrea Bale (abale@uwaterloo.ca)

Winner Selection: The selected winners will be notified by Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The selected winner must answer a skill testing question correctly and complete a Gift Reporting Form before obtaining the prize and being declared winner. If incorrectly answered, another entrant will be selected randomly. Selection of winners is randomized, where chances of winning depend on the number of eligible participants.

Eligibility: You must be a student or employee at the University of Waterloo, aged 18 years or older and residing in Ontario to be eligible for the prize draw.

What is your email? (Please use @uwaterloo.ca email. Your email will only be used to contact you if you are a winner of the prize draw.)

Which of the following best describes you?

Undergraduate student

Graduate student

Staff

Faculty

Have you heard about the Shift Zero campaign?

Yes

What would be the biggest challenge limiting you from recycling if you were on-campus? (e.g. Limited knowledge on sorting items, accessibility, etc)

How do you sort a pop can on campus?

Garbage (black) stream

Organics (green) stream

Recycling (blue) stream

Papers (grey) stream

Which stream should you put Styrofoam containers in on campus?

Garbage (black) stream

Organics (green) stream

Recycling (blue) stream

Papers (grey) stream

How do you recycle a coffee cup on campus?

The cup and lid go into the Papers (grey) stream

The cup and lid go into the Recycling (blue) stream

The cup goes into the Organics (green) and lid goes into the Recycling (blue) stream

The cup goes into the Papers (grey) stream and lid goes into the Recycling (blue) stream

Where can you find an electronic drop off-station on main campus?

Where should you place paper napkins and paper towels on campus?

Garbage (black) stream

Organics (green) stream

Recycling (blue) stream

Papers (grey) stream

On campus, where do you place fountain drink cups?

Garbage (black) stream

Organics (green) stream

Recycling (blue) stream

Papers (grey) stream

What is considered good practice when discarding disposable masks?

Placing into the Garbage (black) stream stream without any alteration

Separating the strings from the mask (using scissors or ripping them off by hand) and then placing in the Garbage (black) stream

Using scissors to cut the mask into two before placing into Garbage (black) stream

True or False: Ziploc bags can be recycled on campus.

True

False

Battery recycling stations on campus CANNOT be used for personal batteries or electronics.

True

False

You can recycle textbooks and books on campus.

True

False

Which stream should plastic wrappers or bags be placed (e.g. Granola bar, chip bags) be placed on campus?

Garbage (black) stream

Organics (green) stream

Recycling (blue) stream

Papers (grey) stream

Food scraps can be placed in the Organics (green) stream, which are available near all major food service outlets.

True

False

On campus, where should you place milk cartons?

Garbage (black) bin

Organics (green) bin

Recycling (blue) bin

Papers (grey) bin

Which of the Sustainable Development Goals are supported by the Shift Zero campaign? (you can select more than one)

SDG 1: No Poverty

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption & Production

SDG 13: Climate Action

SDG 14: Life Below Water

Food containers should be rinsed before being placed in the Recycling (blue) stream.

True

False

Which of these CAN you recycle at the University of Waterloo?

Tinfoil

Plastic shopping bags

Mailing labels/stick-on nametags

Cereal bags

You can recycle writing utensils (e.g. pens, mechanical pencils, markers) on campus.

True

False

When recycling a plastic bottle on campus:

Put the bottle in the Recycling (blue) stream and the cap in the Garbage (black) stream

Put the bottle and the cap in the Recycling (blue) stream

Put the bottle and the cap in the Recycling (blue) stream, but separate the cap

Where can you drop off used clothing on-campus?

CLV: Laundry room & V1: In front of laundry room

UWP: Grand Commons Community Centre, near Tim Horton's

CMH: Beside front desk by window & MKV: Opposite to front desk

REV: Opposite to front desk & Velocity Residence: By front desk

All of the above

True or Fales: The A-Z Sorting Guide is an excellent resource to know more about the sorting rules on-campus.

True

False

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