Earth Week Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. To reuse old materials in a creative way.
  2. 7. President who established the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).
  3. 8. Brown food vessel that can not be composted.
  4. 9. The ability to maintain an ecological balance and conserve natural resources in the environment.
  5. 13. The strip of forest you can find next to some homes(Hint:The _).
  6. 14. Greenhouse gas that is 28 times as potent as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Down
  1. 1. The better “R” alternative to recycling.
  2. 2. Not harmful to the environment (Hint: adj).
  3. 4. Renewable resource powered by water flow.
  4. 5. Type of efforts the Green Gobs are making to maintain the health of our environment
  5. 6. Type of plant species that originated in the area it grows in.
  6. 10. Non-renewable resource that batteries are made out of.
  7. 11. Style of composting that St. Stephen's uses (HINT: piling food waste into long rows).
  8. 12. What you should do with clean plastic, paper, or glass.