This type of activity produces the most solid waste.
What is manufacturing
100
Any change in design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials or products to reduce their amount ofro toxicity before they become municipal solid waste.
What is source reduction.
100
According to your textbook, this is the most helpful thing a consumer can do to make sure that more materials are recycled.
What is making an effort to buy products made from recycled materials whenever possible.
100
During this process wastes are pumped deep into the ground where they are absorbedd into a dry layer of rock below the level of ground water.
What is deep-well injection
200
The item that makes up the largest percentage of waste produced by households and businesses.
What is paper products.
200
The process of reusing materials or recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap.
What is recycling.
200
These three steps are involved in the recycling of materials.
What is sorting, cleaning, and crushing.
200
This process of involves a pond that has a sealed bottom. Waste accumulates and settles to the bottom of the pond, while water evaporates from the pond to leave more room for waste.
What is surface impoundment.
300
The three ways to dispose of solid waste.
What is recycle, put in landfills, burn in incinerators.
300
This could potentially reduces the amount of waste that restaurants, food-processing plants, and animal feedlots send to landfills.
What is composting.
300
A nonbiodegradable, synthetic materials often used in clothing.
What is silk.
300
Under this act the EPA may sue companies that dump hazardous waste illegally in the US.
What is the Superfund Act
400
The amount of solid waste the average person in the US produces each day.
What is approxiamately 4 lb.
400
Process that keeps yard waste out of landfills.
What is compost
400
The reason why the amount of glass in muncipal solid waste has been declining in recent years.
What is
1. more plastic is being recycled while glass is recycled less often
2. Many containers that were once made of glass are now made of plastic.
400
Organism use to help clean up toxic spills.
What is bacteria.
500
The reason why incinerated waste is often more toxic than the original waste.
What is because it pollutes the surrounding areas as a toxic gas.
500
Item used to protect groundwater near landfills.
What is a plastic liner.
500
Type of plastic that is made up of sugars derived from plants.
What is green plastic.
500
Consists of dissolved toxic chemicals produced by a landfill.