This country generates more solid waste per capita than any other country?
What is the UNITED STATES
100
If properly constructed and operated, these do not pollute local surface or ground water.
What are SANITARY LANDFILLS?
100
Most plastics do not readily break down. Those that do break down are mostly of two kinds; give their name and the factor that breaks them down.
What are photodegradable (light) and biodegradable (microorganisms)?
100
Where should ash from solid waste combustion be placed for long-term storage?
What is a HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL?
100
What percentage of the solid waste stream is hazardous?
What is 1%?
200
The two major types of solid waste in order from the largest amount to the least.
What are Non-municipal and Municipal waste?
200
This problem results from microorganisms anaerobically decomposing organic materials in a landfill.
What is methane gas?
200
Two factors that make tires hard to recycle or landfill.
1) Vulcanized rubber can't be melted & reused for tires.
2 Tires have a low density and flexibility, so they work their way to the surface.
200
Three goals of waste prevention:
What are: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
200
This notorious hazardous waste site lead to "Superfund", CERCLA.
What is Love Canal?
300
Includes paper, yard waste, plastics, food, metals, rubber, leather, textiles, wood, and glass.
What is Municipal Waste?
300
NIMBY and a shortage of desirable sites has made it _______________ to construct new sanitary landfills.
What is DIFFICULT?
300
Three advantages of incinerating solid waste.
What are:
1) It reduces the volume of the waste by 90%.
2) The heat can be used productively to reduce the use of other energy sources.
3) It produces much less CO2 than fossil fuels.
300
Reducing waste is accomplished by what actions?
What are: reducing packaging and decreasing consumption.
300
This waste management approach applies all the waste management tools to reduce, reuse, recycle, and store waste. It approaches waste management with a systems approach.
What is INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT?
400
Waste from mining, agriculture, and industrial sources.
What is Non-municipal waste?
400
Leachate and gas collection piping, plastic liner, compacted clay, (leachate detection), plastic liner, compacted clay.
What are the protections included in a sanitary (& hazardous waste) landfill to control the leakage of contaminated water and gas from a landfill?
400
What obstacles result from incinerating solid waste?
What are dioxins, carbon monoxide, particulates, and heavy metals?
400
Source reduction involves the reduction of what?
What is THE SOURCE OF THE SOLID WASTE?
400
Instructed EPA to identify hazardous wastes, provide hazardous waste guidelines and standards to the States. Later, EPA implemented changes & permits to expedite cleanups & encourage recycling.
What is RCRA?
500
Dumping, burying, burning, or composting
What are 4 ways to get rid of solid waste.?
500
EPA requires solid waste landfill owners to monitor a landfill for _____________ years after it is closed.
What is 30 years?
500
What pollution-control devices are needed in order to burn solid wastes.
What are lime-scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators.
500
The progressive decrease in the size and weight of products that will eventually enter the waste stream.
What is DEMATERIALIZATION?
500
The type of organisms used in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation.
What are microoganisms (bioremdiation) and plants (phytoremediation)?