Trash trivia enlightens visitors, who find out that the average American throws away more than four pounds of garbage every day, or 208 million tons of waste per day. To round out the 45-minute tour, a guessing game educates visitors on how long it takes for everything from an apple to a cotton sock to biodegrade in a landfill. If you put a plastic bottle in your trash, it could sit in a landfill for 1,000 years before it decomposes. If you put it in a recycling bin, it could be back on the grocer's shelf as a new product within about six months. The tour even offers an opportunity to win a three-bedroom house made of recycled materials.
Guests also receive a recycling-themed coloring book and poster.
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