Environment Week

Environment Week

55 Responses | Created by AnnaLockyer |

How much do you know about the Environment? Complete the following quiz to test your knowledge.

  1. 1

    How much would you have to turn your heating thermostat down by to save 10% off your annual heating bill?

  2. 2

    What percentage of an average home's annual electricity bill is due to appliances being left on stand-by?

  3. 3

    Setting your washing machine to 30oC instead of 60oC would save you how much electricity per typical wash?

  4. 4

    Replacing a 100W lightbulb with its low-energy equivalent will save you how much electricity over the lifetime of the bulb?

  5. 5

    What percentage of a home's heat is lost through the walls in an uninsulated house?

  6. 6

    Which is usually the most energy-efficient way to cook/heat a meal?

  7. 7

    How many low-energy lightbulbs would each UK household need to install to save enough energy to power all the street lighting in Britain?

  8. 8

    How much money could be saved per year across the UK if home appliances weren't left on standby?

  9. 9

    An average two-hour tumble dryer cycle uses the equivalent energy of a 20W low energy lightbulb burning for how many hours?

  10. 10

    How many additional homes could be heated by the heat lost through walls and roofs of UK homes?

  11. 11

    On average, how much of the waste produced by UK households could be recycled?

  12. 12

    If all the aluminium drinks cans sold in the UK were recycled, how many fewer full dustbins would there be every year?

  13. 13

    Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for how long?

  14. 14

    The UK gets through around 12 billion steel cans every year (600 per home) but how many of these are currently recycled?

  15. 15

    Which of the following items should NOT be put into a glass recycling bin?

  16. 16

    How can you tell if a can or other metal item is made from aluminium?

  17. 17

    Approximately how many bottle banks are there currently in the UK?

  18. 18

    Which part of a plastic milk carton should be removed before you recycle the carton?

  19. 19

    Recycling just one aluminium can saves enough energy to run an average TV set for how long?

  20. 20

    Up to 80% of an average household's waste could be recycled or composted. But how much is actually currently recycled or composted?

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