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Trivia Quizz 3

6/6/2016

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Originally published  May 25/16  The Reminder. Flin Flon, Mb. Sponsored by North of 53 Consumers Coop.

1. Which town has weekly free curbside pickup?

2. What are the three R’s for helping the environment?

3. What items is the Recycling Centre taking for proper disposal because they are hazardous waste?

4. Which items need to be in a separate bag or containers for recycling?

5. What is the name of the facebook page for the local recycling program?

6. What items are recycled from local landfills?

7. Where does the largest percentage of revenue for the Recycling Centre come from?

8. Which town is having a referendum on recycling in October, 2016?

9. Who shares the building with the Recycling Centre at 9 Timber Lane?

10. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough electricity to run the average computer for ____ hours.

Answers
1. Creighton. In May 2014, the second day of the twice weekly garbage pickups was changed to recycling pickup.
2. Reduce, reuse, recycle, in that order.
3. Fluorescent bulbs from homes including CFL light bulbs and tubes, and paint.
4. Shredded paper and household batteries.
5. Flin Flon Recycling. The website is flinflonrecycling.org.
6. Used oil, car batteries and metal items can be recycled from local landfills. Tires are recycled from the Flin Flon landfill only. No tipping fee is charged at the Flin Flon landfill if these are the only items.
7. The City of Flin Flon and the Town of Creighton together contributed 27% of the revenue in 2015.
8. Denare Beach. More information is available from the Recycling Centre or by email at recycled@mymts.net.
9. Eecol Electric leases half of the building from the Flin Flon & District Environment Council, Inc. which operates the Recycling Centre.
10. Five.
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