Zero Waste Week Quiz: Test your sorting knowledge!

What is your email? (Please use @uwaterloo.ca or @edu.uwaterloo.ca. Your email will only be used to contact you if you are a winner of the prize draw.)

Which of these are you NOT allowed to recycle at the University of Waterloo?

Which of these CAN you recycle at the University of Waterloo?

You can recycle a plastic straw.

Where can you find an electronic waste drop-off station at UW?

How do you recycle a coffee cup?

What bin should you place plastic shopping bags in on campus?

You can recycle empty pens and pencils at the University of Waterloo.

Used paper plates should always be placed into the papers (grey) bin.

Which bin should plastic crinkle wrap (e.g. cereal bags, pasta bags) be placed?

Since January 2017, bubble wrap can be recycled in Waterloo Region.

When recycling a water bottle or pop bottle at home or on campus:

Central Stores keeps a surplus inventory of used furniture, equipment and supplies that can be redistributed among other University departments.

On campus, where do you place receipts?

Battery recycling stations and e-waste collection on campus CANNOT be used for personal batteries or electronics.

Wax paper goes into which bin on campus?

Fountain cups belong in the recycling bin.

On campus, place cotton balls in the:

You can recycle textbooks on campus.

On campus, which bins are milk cartons placed in?

Last year, approximately how much of campus waste could have been diverted from landfills?