1. Litter Quiz: What do you know about litter?
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Litter Quiz: What do you know about litter?

2. Study the following slide carefully:
You could print the following information out and laminate some copies for children to study.

4. Question 1
How much does it cost the UK to clear up the country’s litter each year? A
£10 million
(£10,000,000) B
£100,000 C
£1 billion
(£100,000,000) D
£1 million
(£1,000,000)

5. Wrong Answer!
It costs the UK £1 billion to clear up litter every year. That is a lot of money! Think what else that could be used for.
Just think – if there was no litter in the country your school could have an extra £5000 to spend each year. That’s quite a few school trips!
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6. How many pieces of litter are dropped every day in Britain?
Question 2
How many pieces of litter are dropped every day in Britain? A
About 2 B
65,000 D
£23 million C
A gazillion

7. Wrong Answer!
23 millions pieces of litter are dropped in the UK every day, or about one piece for every 3 people.
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8. How much litter is fast food related?
Question 3
How much litter is fast food related? A
1 in 10 (10%) B
None C
1 in 3 (33%) D
1 in 100 (1%)

9. 1 in 3 or 33% of all litter is fast food related
Wrong Answer!
1 in 3 or 33% of all litter is fast food related
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10. What do you think is the most littered item?
Question 4
What do you think is the most littered item? A
Cigarette ends B
Chewing gum C
Yogurt pots D
Coca cola bottles

11. Wrong Answer!
Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world – 4.5 trillion every year worldwide.
122 tonnes of cigarette butts are thrown away in the UK every day (that’s about the same as 20 full grown elephants). A lot of these end up as litter in our streets!
Not only are these ugly but they take 12 years to break down or decompose!
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12. A B C D Question 5 How many people admit to dropping litter?
1 in every 5 people asked. B
About 1 in 100. C
Everyone! D
About half the people asked.

13. Wrong Answer!
About half of the people asked (48% to be exact) admit to dropping litter.
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14. How long does it take a plastic bottle to degrade?
Question 6
How long does it take a plastic bottle to degrade? A
10 years B
450 years C
4 months D
100 years

15. Wrong Answer!
A plastic bottle is predicted to take 450 years to degrade. It is not known for sure how long it will be because plastic has only existed for about 70 years.
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16. Question 7
How much of all the plastic produced is still around in our environment? A
Half B
About a quarter C
All of it D
A tenth

17. Wrong Answer!
All the plastic ever produced still exists. Plastic was invented in 1862, but was not put into mass production until the 1950s and 1960s, which saw a boom in plastic development. There is a type of plastic that exists in nature called cutin, which is a waxy waterproof substance on the outside of leaves.
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18. Question 8
How many vets have treated animals with injuries from litter? A
50% B
15% C
75% D
95%

19. Wrong Answer!
95% of vets said they had treated an animal injured because of litter in the environment.
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20. How much does it cost to clean up one piece of chewing gum?
Question 9
How much does it cost to clean up one piece of chewing gum? A
30p B
10p C £1 D
60p

21. Wrong Answer!
It actually costs 10p to clean up one piece of gum.
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22. Well done – you are experts on litter!
Congratulations!
Well done – you are experts on litter!