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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
80% of the recycled glass market
Thermoset polymers
Sustainability
Itaipu Dam

2. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Virgin
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
56% of paper consumed in the US

3. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
50% of aluminum
85% of aluminum
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers

4. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Virgin
94.4% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
10% of gasoline in California

5. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Thermoset polymers
Three Gorges Dam
94.4% of aluminum
85% of aluminum

6. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Smelting
Sustainability
40% of landfill material
Three Gorges Dam

7. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
The Resin Identification Code
Sustainability
Old scrap

8. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Cullet
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
16% of California's energy

9. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
5% of plastic produced in the US
80% of the recycled glass market
Hoover Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

10. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
95% reduction in air pollution
Wind
Itaipu Dam

11. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
94.4% of aluminum
Sustainability
80% of raw glass material
79% of all glass beverage containers

12. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Hydropower
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Prompt industrial scrap
56% of paper consumed in the US

13. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Bayer refining process
94.4% of aluminum
Hydropower

14. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
Resins coded with numbers
Geothermal energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

15. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
1 -500 C
80% of raw glass material
50% of aluminum
Cracking

16. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
56% of paper consumed in the US
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Bayer refining process
Thermoplastic polymers

17. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
95% reduction in air pollution
The Aswan Dam
Annealed
10% of gasoline in California

18. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
85% of aluminum
Thermoplastic polymers
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Thermoset polymers

19. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Hydropower
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Origin of plastic
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

20. The simplest plastic polymer.
Polyethylene
85% of aluminum
Primary
Thermoset polymers

21. Percent composition of glass
Hydropower
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Wind
Geothermal energy

22. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Thermoplastic polymers
Smelting
80% of the recycled glass market
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

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

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24. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
40% of landfill material
Bayer refining process
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Cullet

25. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
Smelting
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

26. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Thermoset polymers
Secondary
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
The Resin Identification Code

27. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Biomass
85% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass

28. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
Annealed
Transportation uses

29. Another word for virgin
Bauxite Ore
94.4% of aluminum
Primary
56% of paper consumed in the US

30. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Five to seven times
Biomass
Hydropower
Cracking

31. 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
The Aswan Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
40% of landfill material
Hydropower

32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
Wind
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Origin of plastic

33. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
16% of California's energy
Biomass
The Grand Coulee Dam
Resins coded with numbers

34. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Home scrap
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses

35. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
The Grand Coulee Dam
Virgin
Hoover Dam
Origin of plastic

36. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
The Resin Identification Code
Primary
40% of landfill material
85% of aluminum

37. Melting point of glass
Primary
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
1 -500 C
60% of the energy required to make new paper

38. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
80% of the recycled glass market
Origin of plastic
Resin
Sustainability

39. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Polyethylene
Geothermal energy
Home scrap
Transportation uses

40. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Resins coded with numbers
80% of raw glass material
Cullet
Secondary

41. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Biomass
Transportation uses
60% of the energy required to make new paper
60% of the energy required to make new glass

42. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
The Resin Identification Code
Resin
Origin of plastic
5% of plastic produced in the US

43. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
The Grand Coulee Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US
Bauxite Ore
Resins coded with numbers

44. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Old scrap
Transportation uses
Cracking

45. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Itaipu Dam
Bauxite Ore
Geothermal energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

46. Famous hydroelectric dams
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy
79% of all glass beverage containers

47. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Hydropower
Three Gorges Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
95% reduction in air pollution

48. 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
Home scrap
Cracking
60% of the energy required to make new paper

49. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Solar energy
Thermoset polymers
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
40% of landfill material

50. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
1 -500 C
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Geothermal energy
20% of Code 1 Plastics