Milam Facts
Trash Talk
Junky Vocab
Connections
Student Questions
100
The year the Milam Landfill is estimated to close (3 year margin of error).
What is 2012-2015.
100
One of the states where trash management is the cheapest.
What is Illinois.
100
What type of gas is created and collected from the landfill?
What is methane gas.
100
The state that has to ship their trash away?
What is New York
100
The size (in acres) of the Milam Landfill and how many acres are active.
What is 200 acres (175 are active)
200
Name 2 items Milam will not collect AND 2 animals that visit the landfills.
What is oil, batteries, paint (liquid), "white goods" (fridge, stove,etc.), other toxic chemicals AND deer, rabbits, birds, gulls, dogs
200
The amount of money per ton that it costs to dump at Milam.
What is $40-50 per ton.
200
The liquid waste that drains to the bottom of the landfill.
What is leachate.
200
The reason there was 40% decrease in trash entering the landfill this year.
What is the economy/recession.
200
The length of time (in hours) it takes for something thrown away to reach the landfill.
What is 24 hours.
300
3 things can Milam employees use to cover the trash before they leave. Which one is their preference?
What is white plastic fabric, compost, or dirt. White plastic fabric is the preference.
300
What is the most common item that is thrown away in the landfill?
What is paper (followed by cardboard and wood)
300
The name used for stoves, refrigerators, and other appliance devices at a landfill.
What is "white goods".
300
The amount of time it would take the landfill to fill up from where the trash was being dumped on our visit to the spot we stopped at in the bus.
What is 3-4 months.
300
The number of years Milam has been operating
What is 27 years (opened in 1982)
400
The device that is used to measure (with slope and elevation) the amount of trash at Milam.
What is GPS (global positioning system)
400
How tall will the Milam Landfill be when it finally closes.
What is 590-600 feet tall.
400
The item at the landfill which costs $150,000 per acre
What is the plastic liner at the bottom
400
The type of bird that is used (infrequently) to scare away other birds from the landfill AND the cost per month.
What is peregrine falcon AND $5,000/month.
400
The number of gallons of leachate (liquid waste) that is collected each month.
What is 8 million gallons
500
The approximate (can round to the nearest ten) number of methane gas wells at the landfill AND the number of homes that energy can power.
What is 68 methane gas wells (rounded 70) AND 3,500 homes.
500
The government department that regulates the waste.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
500
The name of the business that operates the Milam Landfill.
What is Waste Management
500
The number of years the methane gas will be collected and used AFTER the landfill closes.
What is 50 years.
500
The average amount of trash each day, week, month, year in TONS? (they collect the trash 5 days a week)
What is 3,000 tons day; 15,000 tons a week; 60,000 tons a month; 3,120,000 tons a year. HOW MANY IS THAT IN POUNDS?? (1 ton = 2,000 pounds)
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