Disposal
This type of disposal creates nutrients for our soil.
Composting
What materials do you need for composting? Give me three.
Organics
A large Container
Oxygen
What are the 5 different types of recyclable materials?
Cardboard, paper, metals, plastics and glass
Give me the first five layers of a landfill (after ground soil).
Clay, geomembrane, gravel and pipes, trash and soil.
This type of disposal keeps our waste in concealed pockets underground.
Landfills
What items cannot be composted?
Everything that is not organic.
How do they turn plastic into a reusable material? What do they use it for?
They clean it, melt it, form it into rolls, and cut it into small plastic pellets.
T-shirts, plastic bags and plastic bottles
Why is the soil such an important part of a landfill?
It helps compact the trash giving us more room for more garbage.
What does disposal mean?
It means how we get rid of waste in our homes.
What are 3 disadvantages of composting?
We reuse old paper and turn it into new paper. Rather than creating new paper with trees.
Why is the bottle clay layer and geomembrane so important?
It helps prevent leachate from getting into our groundwater.
Why should oceans never be used as a method of disposal? Give me three reasons
It hurts aquatic life.
It is impossible to keep the garbage in one place.
It poisons our ocean water.
What are three advantages of a composting?
Saves space in our landfills, will not create leachate, creates less methane, gives nutrients to our soil, helps plants grow, There are a ton!!!!!!!!
Name three disadvantages of recycling?
It takes time, still pollutes our air with factories, things need to be recycled properly (washed out), many forms of waste cannot be recycled, some people may not have access to a recycle depot.
Why the top layer of clay so important?
It is used as a cap to hold all our waste underground. It prevents it from coming back up to the surface.
This type of disposal turns old materials into new ones.
Recycling
What helps break down materials in our compost bins? Need 2
Decomposers and oxygen
Name three advantages of a recycling.
What two toxic substances get created form putting organics in a landfill? Give me a description of both.
Leachate-garbage juice.
Methane-a toxic gas that contributes to global warming.