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How to fund a recycling program
Contributed by: Frost
  • 1. What is a common source of funding for recycling programs?
A) Selling old shoes
B) Lottery winnings
C) Grants
D) Found money
  • 2. What type of grant is specifically for environmental initiatives?
A) Travel grant
B) Pet adoption grant
C) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grant
D) Grocery store grant
  • 3. How can you acquire funds by charging businesses?
A) Tipping fees
B) Dancing fees
C) Singing fees
D) Frowning fees
  • 4. What is a 'Pay-As-You-Throw' program an example of?
A) Free garbage pickup
B) Garbage can auctions
C) Garbage art contests
D) Volume-based fees
  • 5. What type of material is most commonly sold for revenue in recycling programs?
A) Expired food
B) Water
C) Dirt
D) Aluminum
  • 6. What is EPR legislation?
A) Extra Powerful Recycling
B) Excellent Printing Resolution
C) Extended Producer Responsibility
D) Every Person Recycling
  • 7. What does EPR make manufacturers responsible for?
A) Hiding their manufacturing processes
B) End-of-life management of products
C) Avoiding product innovation
D) Designing only bulky products
  • 8. What is the purpose of municipal bonds for recycling?
A) Fund capital investments
B) Finance office parties
C) Buy office supplies
D) Pay employee bonuses
  • 9. What is a benefit of corporate sponsorship?
A) Increased traffic
B) Guaranteed sunshine
C) Free pizza
D) Financial support
  • 10. What is 'in-kind' donation?
A) A monetary donation
B) An unwanted donation
C) Non-monetary contribution
D) An illegal donation
  • 11. How can you engage your community for recycling?
A) Host wrestling matches
B) Host dance competitions
C) Host educational workshops
D) Host talent shows
  • 12. What is the role of grants in a recycling program's funding?
A) Provide seed money
B) Takes away decision power
C) Creates bureaucracy
D) Creates a dependency
  • 13. What is a common source of revenue for recycling facilities?
A) Sale of trash
B) Sale of compost
C) Sale of garbage
D) Sale of recyclables
  • 14. Why might a local government provide tax credits for recycling businesses?
A) To avoid building infrastructure
B) To reduce taxes
C) To punish non-recycling businesses
D) Incentivize recycling
  • 15. What does cost-benefit analysis evaluate?
A) Ecological viability
B) Economic viability
C) Social media viability
D) Political viability
  • 16. What is the role of an endowment fund?
A) Long-term financial support
B) To give away
C) To buy a house
D) To fund employee vacations
  • 17. What is the use of crowdfunding to raise money for recycling programs?
A) Soliciting small donations
B) Robbing wealthy individuals
C) Selling all the recyclable material
D) Asking for large donations
  • 18. Why is it important to have transparent financial records in a recycling program?
A) Build public trust
B) Complicate taxes
C) Hide profits
D) Confuse the public
  • 19. What kind of program is the bottle deposit?
A) Bottle throwing
B) Refundable deposit
C) Pay-as-you-throw
D) Bottle eating
  • 20. How can public-private partnerships (PPPs) help fund recycling programs?
A) Increase bureaucracy
B) Only public
C) Only private
D) Share resources and risk
  • 21. What's one way to cut expenses in a recycling program?
A) Buy fancy trucks
B) Optimize collection routes
C) Do less marketing
D) Pay overtime
  • 22. What is a 'Materials Recovery Facility' (MRF)?
A) Stores recyclables
B) Processes recyclables
C) Mines recyclables
D) Burns recyclables
  • 23. What type of funding supports innovative recycling tech?
A) Social Security
B) Loan sharks
C) Your mother
D) Venture capital
  • 24. What's the impact of public awareness campaigns?
A) Make it less necessary to recycle
B) Decrease recycling participation
C) Lower recycling rates
D) Increase recycling participation
  • 25. How does composting fit in recycling program funding?
A) Increases transport costs
B) Reduces landfill costs
C) Destroys the economy
D) Generates revenue from compost sales
  • 26. Why is equipment maintenance a critical funding consideration?
A) It causes breakdowns
B) It's not important
C) It isn't
D) Prevents costly breakdowns
  • 27. What should a feasibility study assess?
A) Past successes
B) Past failures
C) Potential for failure
D) Potential for success
  • 28. Why is collaboration with other municipalities beneficial?
A) Increased conflict
B) Reduced power
C) Shared resources
D) Guaranteed failure
  • 29. What kind of policy makes recycling mandatory?
A) Laws about apples
B) Anti-recycling laws
C) Optional laws
D) Mandatory recycling laws
  • 30. What type of financing leverages future revenues for funding?
A) Friendship bracelets
B) Revenue bonds
C) IOU Notes
D) Savings bonds
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