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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
11.8% of California's energy
The Resin Identification Code
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

2. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Primary
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Resin Identification Code
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

3. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Prompt industrial scrap
1 -500 C
Secondary
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

4. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
79% of all glass beverage containers
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
Prompt industrial scrap

5. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Prompt industrial scrap
11.8% of California's energy
Cullet
60% of the energy required to make new glass

6. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
50% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US
Smelting
56% of paper consumed in the US

7. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Home scrap
79% of all glass beverage containers
85% of aluminum
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

8. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants

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9. Another word for virgin
Solar energy
60% of the energy required to make new paper
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Primary

10. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Origin of plastic
Sustainability
1 -500 C
Old scrap

11. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Geothermal energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resins coded with numbers

12. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Bauxite Ore
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
11.8% of California's energy

13. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
Solar energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Five to seven times

14. The number of times paper can be reused.
Prompt industrial scrap
Five to seven times
16% of California's energy
5% of plastic produced in the US

15. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
95% reduction in air pollution
85% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
Itaipu Dam

16. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
40% of landfill material
94.4% of aluminum
Geothermal energy

17. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Cullet
The Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Thermoplastic polymers

18. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
85% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
Old scrap
1 -500 C

19. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
5% of plastic produced in the US
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Sustainability

20. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
85% of aluminum
Polyethylene
Bayer refining process

21. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
1 -500 C
Old scrap
85% of aluminum

22. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Hydropower
The Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

23. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics
16% of California's energy
Three Gorges Dam

24. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Sustainability
Cullet
Hoover Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US

25. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
5% of plastic produced in the US
Hoover Dam
85% of aluminum
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

26. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants

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27. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Cullet
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Five to seven times
Biomass

28. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
5% of plastic produced in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Origin of plastic

29. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Resin
Geothermal energy
Cullet
Old scrap

30. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
Resins coded with numbers
The Resin Identification Code
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

31. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
Old scrap
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper

32. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Hoover Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US
11.8% of California's energy

33. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
60% of the energy required to make new glass
50% of aluminum
Origin of plastic
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

34. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cracking
Geothermal energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Itaipu Dam

35. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
The Grand Coulee Dam
79% of all glass beverage containers
Smelting
20% of Code 1 Plastics

36. The use of the kinetic energy in moving water such as rivers or tidal currents to generate electricity. The most widely used form of renewable energy
Hydropower
Bayer refining process
94.4% of aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers

37. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Annealed
40% of landfill material
10% of gasoline in California
20% of Code 1 Plastics

38. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
50% of aluminum
Wind
Sustainability

39. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Three Gorges Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Grand Coulee Dam

40. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Hoover Dam
80% of the recycled glass market
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Virgin

41. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Bauxite Ore
The Grand Coulee Dam
Bayer refining process

42. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Solar energy
Five to seven times
Secondary
Polyethylene

43. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Home scrap
Three Gorges Dam
Smelting

44. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Thermoplastic polymers
94.4% of aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US
Thermoset polymers

45. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Grand Coulee Dam
The Resin Identification Code
Home scrap

46. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Itaipu Dam
40% of landfill material
80% of the recycled glass market
56% of paper consumed in the US

47. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Itaipu Dam
Three Gorges Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
20% of Code 1 Plastics

48. The simplest plastic polymer.
Polyethylene
Thermoplastic polymers
Resin
Old scrap

49. Famous hydroelectric dams
Hydropower
Origin of plastic
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Thermoplastic polymers

50. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Virgin
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
85% of aluminum
40% of landfill material