[ANSWER] RECYCLING RATE While 35% of trash was recycled in the United States, only 3% was recycled Evansville in 2017. It is even below the average recycling rate in Indiana, which is 17%. In 2014, House Enrolled Act 1183 (HEA 1183) established a 50 percent recycling goal for Indiana. Improving recycling rate in Evansville becomes more critical than ever. The average obesity rate in Indiana was 33.6%, placing the 12th in the United States in 2017 (The State of Obesity, 2018) . [READ MORE] |
[MATH WORKSHEETS] HOW DO WE TREAT OUT TRASH IN EVANSVILLE?
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[ANSWER] 5,000 The Evansville’s Water Department extracts and treats about 25 million gallons of water from the Ohio River a day to meet demands in and around the City. Evansville has 8 water storage tanks and 1,000 miles of water mains in the system. The USI Tank Tower holds 0.5 million gallons of water, and together, the 8 tanks can hold 28.5 million gallons of water. [READ MORE] |
[MATH WORKSHEET] WATER TANKS IN EVANSVILLE |
[ANSWER] SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION The Vanderburgh Central Library has a 10 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof. During June 2017, the solar system generated the largest amount of electricity--about 1,400 kWh. The average monthly electricity use in Indiana was 1,010kWh (Inside Energy, 2014). [READ MORE] |
[MATH WORKSHEETS] SOLAR POWER AT VANDERBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
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[ANSWER] GERMANY Germany succeeds in sending no trash to landfills by recycling 65% of its waste and incinerating the rest. The share of waste sent to landfills was 34% and 54% in the United Kingdom and the U.S., respectively. |
[MATH WORKSHEETS] WHAT COUNTRY SENDS NO TRASH TO LANDFILLS?
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