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1. Since recycling is your bag, you'll be glad to know each of our reusable Better Bags is made from:

   b. 80% post-consumer recycled plastic

   Each of our reusable Better Bags is made from 80% post-consumer recycled plastic.

2. True or False? The current PET plastic recycling rate in the United States is 10%.

   b. false

   The PET plastic recycling rate in the United States is 25%. That's also the percentage of recycled plastic in Re-source Natural Spring Water bottles. Purchasing products made with or packaged in recycled materials is an important step to maximize the environmental benefits of recycling.

3. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper, available from Mohawk, is made with fibers from:

   b. responsibly managed wood forests

   Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper is made with fibers from responsibly managed wood forests. The FSC is a not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests.

4. What does it mean when someone suggests that you "close the loop" on recycling?

   c. Buy products made from and packaged in recycled materials

   While these are all great eco-ideas, when someone specifically suggests that you "close the loop" on recycling, they mean buying products made from or packaged in recycled materials. Purchasing and creating demand for recycled products and packaging is the only way to bring the recycled waste stream full circle to achieve maximum benefit for our recycling efforts.

5. The Preserve Gimme 5 Program, developed in partnership with Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farm, provides Whole Foods Market^® shoppers with:

   d. bins to drop off #5 polypropylene recyclable plastic containers

   The Preserve Gimme 5 Program provides bins at Whole Foods Market^® for recycling #5 plastics, including yogurt, cottage cheese, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, margarine and hummus containers, medicine bottles, food storage and take-out containers, and Brita pitcher filters. These plastics will be recycled into Preserve brand toothbrushes, razor handles and other recycled household products.

6. True or False? Whole Foods Market^®'s decision to sack plastic in the checkout lanes has kept an estimated 15 million plastic bags out of landfills.

   b. false

   By eliminating the use of plastic bags in our checkout lanes, you and Whole Foods Market^® have kept an estimated 150 million plastic bags — and counting — out of landfills since Earth Day 2008.

7. Bottled water drinkers can lessen their environmental impact by choosing Re-source™ brand water, which is:

   c. packaged in bottles made with 25% recycled plastic

   Re-source™ brand spring water is responsibly harvested and packaged in a container made with 25% recycled plastic. The amount of recycled plastic in Re-source™ containers represents the current PET plastic recycling rate in the United States. As recycling rates increase, the company hopes to eventually offer their product in a 100% recycled container.

8. Mohawk received the "Green Power Partner of the Year Award" from the environmental protection agency (EPA) in 2007 because the company:

   c. offset all of its electricity usage with wind power

   Mohawk received the "Green Power Partner of the Year Award" from the environmental protection agency (EPA) in 2007 because the company offset all of its electricity usage with wind power. From 2004-2007, Whole Foods Market^® also earned EPA "Green Power Awards" for our commitment to renewable energy purchasing.

9. If everyone used a Preserve recycled-handle toothbrush, thousands of pounds of plastic could be prevented from entering landfills. What are these toothbrushes made from?

   d. all of the above

   Preserve toothbrushes are made from polypropylene #5 recycled plastics, including yogurt containers and other plastics. Purchasing a Preserve toothbrush helps keeps these plastics out of landfills. After using a Preserve toothbrush, razor or tongue cleaner, you can also mail it back to be recycled again into plastic lumber for park benches, decks and more. If you live in a community that does not accept #5 plastics, please place them in the Gimme 5 recycling bins in your neighborhood Whole Foods Market^® store.

10. Which of the following does Whole Foods Market^® use whenever possible to reduce waste in our stores?

    d. all of the above

    Whole Foods Market^® uses biodegradable sampling containers, paperless ordering systems and rechargeable batteries whenever possible, among its many efforts in stores to reduce waste.