Scavenger Hunt

Kiwanis Zero Waste Scavenger Hunt 

Can you find 9 goats in Kiwanis Thrift Sale? Each goat has a letter on it that make up a word scramble. Once you unscramble the phrase, bring it to the check-in desk for a special prize! First 10 people to solve it get a $5 gift card to Kiwanis! 

Clues:

1. The materials used in jewelry - diamonds, gold, etc. - are sometimes extracted by processes like strip mining. Gold mines worldwide release over 180,000 tons of toxic waste into the environment each year. Help reduce these toxins by buying secondhand jewelry that's already been made!

2. Did you know that 320 million books end up in the landfill every year? You can contribute to reducing this number by buying used books or checking out books at the library. 

3. Repairing electronics - such as cameras - reduces the amount of e-waste that is sent to landfill. It also reduces the amount of materials that would be mined for new electronics. 

4. In 2018, only 14.7% of all clothing/fabric waste was recycled in the United States. You can help reduce this amount by sewing (“mending”) your own clothes with needles, thread, and old clothing pieces. 

5. Did you know that glass can be recycled an infinite number of times?

6. According to the EPA, the United States disposes of an estimated 18.2 million mattresses each year. That's enough to fill 1.5 million dump trucks! Try to buy used mattresses to keep them out of the landfill!

7. Want to know a scary fact about Halloween? Lots of decorations end up getting thrown out every year, but I doesn't have to be that way! Buy your Halloween decorations and costumes used and give them a second life!

8. Paper can be recycled about 5-7 times. It requires about 50% less water to recycle paper than to make paper from raw materials (wood). So be sure to buy paper that's 100% recycled, or even better, get paper products like greeting cards from a thrift shop like Kiwanis!

9. Every year, more than 20 billion shoes are manufactured. The manufacturing process releases large amounts of carbon dioxide. It is responsible for 1.4% of GHG emissions in the world. Buy used shoes to lower your carbon footprint!