What A Waste!
The mixed refuse produced by household and businesses is called this.
What is an open landfill?
Still used in developing countries, this method exposes wastes to the weather and vermin.
Collecting, sorting and reprocessing of discarded materials into new, useful products is known as THIS.
RECYCLING
An toxic compound that can cause cancer is called THIS.
CARCINOGENIC
This disposal method can reduce the volume of treated
waste by as much as 90%.
INCINERATION
What is the WASTE STREAM?
THIS is the accumulation of domestic garbage and yard wastes as well as industrial, commercial,and construction refuse.
New York City finally ended this method of sewage sludge disposal in 1992.
OCEAN DUMPING
The biological degradation of organic material
under aerobic conditions produces THIS nutrient-rich soil additive.
COMPOST
Hazardous wastes that are teratogenic can cause THIS.
BIRTH DEFECTS
A sanitary landfill liner is made of THIS to prevent groundwater contamination.
COMPACTED CLAY or PLASTIC
Over 50% of U.S. Municipal Solid Waste ends up here
Landfill
Since 1994, all operating landfills must have a system to collect THIS before it enters groundwater.
LEACHATE
Recycling of car batteries is required by law in the U.S. in order to keep THIS out of the environment.
Lead
An abandoned or underused urban area
in which redevelopment is discouraged due to toxic contamination is called THIS.
BROWNFIELD
Even though incineration is a concern, it can be
efficient and produce THIS usable commodity.
ELECTRICAL ENERGY?
Since the 1960's, THIS category of waste has increased dramatically.
Plastics
Sanitary Landfills can capture this greenhouse gas and turn it into electrical energy by burning it to turn a turbine.
Methane
New plastics made from THIS are often cheaper to make than sorting and recycling waste plastics.
PETROLEUM or OIL
Dangerous in small doses, ignitable or
corrosive are characteristics of THIS.
HAZARDOUS WASTES?
SUPERFUND
A fund established by Congress to pay for containment, cleanup, or remediation of abandoned toxic waste sites.
The number one problem in our waste would be solved by greater use of THIS technique before collection.
What is SEPARATION and/or SORTING?
Discarded electronics, known as THIS, are sometimes shipped to countries with cheap labor for disassembly, but result in local pollution.
E-WASTE
Of the three R's, THIS is the most cost effective.
REDUCE
Use of biological organisms to remove
pollution or restore environmental quality is called THIS.
BIOREMEDIATION
The Pacific Garbage Patch is collected by
the circular flow of ocean currents called THIS:
GYRE