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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling
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1. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Old scrap
Hoover Dam
The Resin Identification Code
Origin of plastic
2. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Smelting
Prompt industrial scrap
Polyethylene
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
3. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
94.4% of aluminum
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Solar energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
4. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Hoover Dam
Prompt industrial scrap
Cracking
Wind
5. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
80% of raw glass material
Sustainability
5% of plastic produced in the US
6. Melting point of glass
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Bauxite Ore
1 -500 C
79% of all glass beverage containers
7. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Hoover Dam
Annealed
8. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoplastic polymers
Smelting
Primary
9. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
Polyethylene
79% of all glass beverage containers
Three Gorges Dam
10. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants
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11. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
16% of California's energy
Secondary
The Grand Coulee Dam
12. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Hoover Dam
Five to seven times
Secondary
10% of gasoline in California
13. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Polyethylene
80% of the recycled glass market
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
60% of the energy required to make new glass
14. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
11.8% of California's energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
Home scrap
15. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Secondary
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Itaipu Dam
16. The simplest plastic polymer.
Polyethylene
Geothermal energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Thermoset polymers
17. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
5% of plastic produced in the US
Sustainability
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
The Resin Identification Code
18. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Primary
The Grand Coulee Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
19. Famous hydroelectric dams
Hoover Dam
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
40% of landfill material
20. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
40% of landfill material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Old scrap
21. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
95% reduction in air pollution
Wind
Bauxite Ore
80% of the recycled glass market
22. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
95% reduction in air pollution
Solar energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Resin
23. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Virgin
Home scrap
Hydropower
60% of the energy required to make new paper
24. Percent composition of glass
11.8% of California's energy
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Solar energy
50% of aluminum
25. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Resins coded with numbers
Old scrap
Transportation uses
56% of paper consumed in the US
26. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Cracking
95% reduction in air pollution
20% of Code 1 Plastics
56% of paper consumed in the US
27. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Thermoplastic polymers
Annealed
40% of landfill material
Resin
28. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Origin of plastic
79% of all glass beverage containers
Virgin
29. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Resin
Prompt industrial scrap
Virgin
Old scrap
30. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Old scrap
40% of landfill material
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Cracking
31. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
40% of landfill material
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
85% of aluminum
Origin of plastic
32. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Old scrap
Cracking
94.4% of aluminum
33. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Primary
79% of all glass beverage containers
Cullet
Virgin
34. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Secondary
80% of raw glass material
80% of the recycled glass market
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
35. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
80% of the recycled glass market
79% of all glass beverage containers
36. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
The Resin Identification Code
Three Gorges Dam
94.4% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US
37. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Primary
85% of aluminum
80% of raw glass material
Old scrap
38. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
56% of paper consumed in the US
95% reduction in air pollution
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
39. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Hoover Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Old scrap
85% of aluminum
40. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
80% of raw glass material
Sustainability
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
41. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Cracking
94.4% of aluminum
Five to seven times
Resins coded with numbers
42. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
The Resin Identification Code
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
80% of raw glass material
Bauxite Ore
43. Another word for virgin
Primary
Transportation uses
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy
44. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Wind
80% of the recycled glass market
Transportation uses
Cullet
45. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants
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46. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
95% reduction in air pollution
56% of paper consumed in the US
Itaipu Dam
50% of aluminum
47. Have a structure with links between the chains - forming a rigid - three - dimensional network. When thermoset polymers are heated - they chemically decompose and cannot be reformed into different shapes.
Thermoset polymers
80% of the recycled glass market
16% of California's energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
48. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
40% of landfill material
The Aswan Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
Origin of plastic
49. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
95% reduction in air pollution
80% of raw glass material
Wind
50. The number of times paper can be reused.
Prompt industrial scrap
Five to seven times
Primary
The Aswan Dam
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