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What 1/2 students learned about waste

After about two months of studying waste, students are able to answer these questions. Check out your students' knowledge by asking them the same. 

What's the place where our trash ends up?
What's one problem with landfills?
What should you do when offered a plastic straw? A plastic bag?
What's one creative way to use up a brown banana?
What should you do with your extra food/leftovers? 
What's the most common material we collected among litter? 
Name some things you can and can't compost. 
If you compost something, does it end up landfill?
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