2019 ZWUSA Introduction To Zero Waste Quiz

This short 11-question exam is designed to make you think carefully about what you learned in class. Do not rush through it.

On completion, you will receive an overall score, and each answer will be identified as correct or incorrect. If your score is less than 80%, please note the incorrect answers, review your notes and course materials and then retake the exam.

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* 1. Contact Information

Name

Organization

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Zero Waste is changing the face of solid waste management. Instead of managing wastes, we will manage resources and strive to eliminate waste.

Which of these are relevant to the path to Zero Waste?

Setting high diversion goals.

Closing the gap between disposal prices and true costs.

Ending subsidies for wasting.

Designing waste out of the system.

Extending manufacturer responsibility for post consumer products and packaging.

All of the above.

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* 3. In nature, there is no waste. Processes are cyclical and discards from one process become nutrients for another. Zero Waste, the application of this fact, ensures that products are made to be reused, repaired, composted or recycled into the marketplace or nature. Some people object to the term because reaching zero discards is impossible. Proponents suggest comparing it to initiatives like Zero Accidents or Zero Emissions – objectives worth striving for even if absolute zero is impossible.

Which one of these is not like the others?

Zero Accidents

Zero Cash Down

Zero Debt

Zero Defects

Zero Discharges

Zero Waste

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* 4. How many North American communities have adopted high diversion (>50%) or Zero Waste goals?

26-50

51-75

76-100

101+

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* 5. Which country has the largest number of municipalities with a Zero Waste goal?

Australia

Canada

Italy

New Zealand

Philippines

United States

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* 6. The finished products we hold in our hands are only the “tip of the wasteberg.” The wastes from the extraction, refining and manufacturing of resources is the rest of the wasteberg that we do not see.

For every 10 pounds of goods produced, how many pounds of industrial waste is created?:

7.1 pounds

71 pounds

710 pounds

7,100 pounds

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* 7. Waste reduction, recycling and high diversion play big roles on the way to Zero Waste. Later they will be usurped by redesign, reuse and repair. Recycling will become the path of last resort.

Which of these initiatives go beyond traditional recycling programs?

High Diversion Contracts

Landfill Material Bans

Construction, Deconstruction and Demolition Ordinances

Packaging Reduction Policies Yard

Food Debris Composting

Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Technical Assistance

Market Development

Enforced Mandatory Recycling

Reuse Program Support

Low Impact Events

Green Business Recognition and Certification

All of the above

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* 8. Preventing waste and expanding reuse, recycling and composting programs - that is, aiming for Zero Waste - is one of the fastest, cheapest and most effective strategies for combating climate change. The largest piece of the climate change emissions "pie" - when considering a systems approach, is the production, transportation and disposal of goods and food.

What percentage would you guess that to be?

16%

30%

42%

50%

44%

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* 9. Any Zero Waste target or plan must be accompanied by a shift in funding from supporting waste disposal to supporting zero waste jobs, infrastructure, and local strategies.

Which one of these is inaccurate?

Reuse creates more jobs than landfilling, recycling and composting combined.

The Recycling Industry creates as many jobs as the Auto Industry.

Landfilling creates 100 jobs for every 10,000 tons disposed. (1 job for every 100 tons/20 million pounds)

Businesses save more money by reducing waste than by recycling.

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* 10. There are many ways to start the Zero Waste discussion. Which of these might work in your community?

Presentations to councils, boards and/or commissions.

Showcasing local business efforts in the media.

Organizing low impact events and venues.

Showing films at film festivals and other events.

Inclusion in Sustainability or Climate Action Plans.

Signing the United Nations Urban Environmental Accords.

All of the above.

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Other (please specify)

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* 11. Contracting for recycling collection and processing and garbage collection and disposal can be among the largest financial decisions made by local elected officials - often on par with police and fire services. Contracts between municipalities and services providers can be developed to encourage high diversion and Zero Waste.

Which of the following are Best Practices for Zero Waste contracting?

Provide Incentives to reward all parties for reducing waste including generators, contractors, processors, landfill operators and governments that rely on collection and/or tipping fees.

Compensate Contractors based on cost of service and number of customers - not what is charged to the customer.

"Innovations" Clause in contract that allows agency to address issues and add/change service terms without having to renegotiate entire agreement.

Consider Renegotiating with current contractor to amend the existing contract - if current and projected prices are competitive, services are regularly updated and relationship is collaborative and communicative.

All of the above.

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. Zero Waste is changing the face of solid waste management. Instead of managing wastes, we will manage resources and strive to eliminate waste.Which of these are relevant to the path to Zero Waste?

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* 4. How many North American communities have adopted high diversion (>50%) or Zero Waste goals?

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* 5. Which country has the largest number of municipalities with a Zero Waste goal?

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* 6. The finished products we hold in our hands are only the “tip of the wasteberg.” The wastes from the extraction, refining and manufacturing of resources is the rest of the wasteberg that we do not see.For every 10 pounds of goods produced, how many pounds of industrial waste is created?:

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* 7. Waste reduction, recycling and high diversion play big roles on the way to Zero Waste. Later they will be usurped by redesign, reuse and repair. Recycling will become the path of last resort.Which of these initiatives go beyond traditional recycling programs?

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* 9. Any Zero Waste target or plan must be accompanied by a shift in funding from supporting waste disposal to supporting zero waste jobs, infrastructure, and local strategies. Which one of these is inaccurate?

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* 10. There are many ways to start the Zero Waste discussion. Which of these might work in your community?

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* 2. Zero Waste is changing the face of solid waste management. Instead of managing wastes, we will manage resources and strive to eliminate waste.

Which of these are relevant to the path to Zero Waste?

* 6. The finished products we hold in our hands are only the “tip of the wasteberg.” The wastes from the extraction, refining and manufacturing of resources is the rest of the wasteberg that we do not see.

For every 10 pounds of goods produced, how many pounds of industrial waste is created?:

* 7. Waste reduction, recycling and high diversion play big roles on the way to Zero Waste. Later they will be usurped by redesign, reuse and repair. Recycling will become the path of last resort.

Which of these initiatives go beyond traditional recycling programs?

* 9. Any Zero Waste target or plan must be accompanied by a shift in funding from supporting waste disposal to supporting zero waste jobs, infrastructure, and local strategies.

Which one of these is inaccurate?