Introducing Legislation to Regulate or Tax Plastic Usage
Name one benefit investing into waste disposal has. (Specific)
What is independent waste disposal system, job opportunities, and taxpayer benefits from waste disposal?
Name one benefit of education in plastic pollution
What is future and current generations become more environmentally aware and what is more participation in recycling?
True or false; there are federal laws integrated to address plastic pollution.
What is False?
Name one general benefit of plastic pollution.
What is more resources, healthier people and cleaner/safer environments?
How many states have implemented legislation pertaining to plastic pollution?
What is Twelve?
What are the trade-offs to investing into waste disposal?
What is budget/tax spending, and general costs?
What are the trade-offs to education?
What is curriculum changes, advertisement costs or opposing/challenging sides?
What percentage of plastic has been landfilled?
What is ~75%?
What is decrease of resources, microplastics, and unhealthier environment/people?
Name one out of two states mentioned that regulated plastic use.
What is California and Massachusetts?
How many tons of recycables did the United States send to China 2016?
What is 16 millio tons?
According to the Pew Research Center, how many Americans do believe that climate change is caused by natural means and not human means?
What is 26%?
How many tons of plastic has been recorded to be generated by the United States according to the UNEPA in 2018?
What is microplastics?
What is 2/3?
What is fee for how much a person throws away?
How many Americans do not believe in climate change according to the Pew Research Center?
What is 14%?
Besides little to no legislation done in the United States, what has been helping reduce plastic pollution?
What is non-profit organizations or charities?
What are the toxic chemicals that can be landfilled along with plastics?
What is mercury, lead or cadimum?
Name one bill passed by state legislation that banned plastic usage.
What is SB-270 by California and Massachusetts Executive Order 619?
This biodegradable method had been performed on plastic to turn into renewable energy or fertilizable soil.
What is anaerobic digestion?
What is the ratio Vicente-Molina et al in 2013 introduced when a person gets education on environmental awareness?
What is 1% increase of education leads to 0.4% increase of environmental awareness and action?
List the method of disposing plastic from least to greatest
Combustion with Energy Recovery
Landfilled
What does Circular Economy mean?
The economy revolving around recycling or renewing resources.