Recycling

1. How can Fayetteville residents recycle? How about other Cumberland County residents (outside of Fayetteville, i.e. Hope Mills and Spring Lake).

Fayetteville resident can recycle by placing there recycle container out on Fridays.

Cumberland County residents can recycle is to find one of the 17 county recycling center close to them and take the things.


2. Where is the closest recycling drop-off center to your house? (or our school)

The closest recycling drop-off center to my house is the Cliffdale site.



3. Give 2 reasons why it makes sense to recycle.

Two reasons why it makes sense to recycle is to save plastic to be reused and to save metal to rebuild airline fleets.


4. Most people agree that recycling is a good thing. List 9 things that recycled plastic can be made into.

• Bottles
• Shower Stalls
• Recycling Bins
• Scouring Pads
• Paint Brushes
• Industrial Strapping
• Drainpipes
• Plastic Lumber
• Flowerpots

5. What is the benefit of recycling glass?

The Benefit of recycling glass is that every ton of glass saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil needed to make glass from virgin materials.

6. List 5 things that recycled metal can be turned into once it has been melted down.

• Cans
• Automobiles Parts
• Siding
• Appliances
• Building Materials

Best/Worst MPG

1. Which five 2009-model cars get the best overall MPG?
The Five 2009-model cars that get the best overall MPG are Toyota Prius Base, Smart Fortwo Pure, Honda Insight LX, Honda Civic Hybrid,Pontiac G3 Base.
2. Which five 2009-model cars get the worst overall MPG?
The Five 2009-model cars that get the worst overall MPG are Bentley Arnage R, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Coupe, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti F1, Bentley Azure Convertible, Lamborghini Murcielago Lp640 Coupe.
3. If your parent asked you for advice in picking out a new car, which car would you recommend? What criteria did you use? (you don't have to tell me what you think I want to hear)
If my parents asked me for advice in picking out a new car I would recommend a 2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD. The criteria I used was that she loves trucks and there are four people in our family and this truck sits 4 to 5 people and it has 18MPG.