Trash in the USA
After trash is collected, 50% heads to ________, 24% is recycled, and 12% is burned.
Landfills
This substance is used in spent-fuel pools to both cool radioactive fuel and shield people from radiation.
Water.
Where is Shinichi Hoshi from?
Japan.
One of the most concerning forms of trash is _______, which is estimated to take centuries or more to degrade completely.
Plastic products
This famous element accounts for 95% of nuclear waste. Unfortunately, it has a half-life of 4.5 billion years!
Uranium.
What is the first physical object thrown into the hole?
A pebble.
Though Americans only account for 4.2% of the world population, they account for ___% of the world's garbage.
~12
Most nuclear waste is produced by _______ and _______.
Nuclear powerplants and nuclear weapons production.
What is the relationship between the shrine and the hole?
The shrine was originally built over the hole.
Every year, American waste 60 million tons of food, which is about ___% of the US food supply.
40
Where is nuclear waste disposed of?
Deep underground.
What perspective is the story told from?
Third-person.
The average American produces about ___ pounds of trash per day.
4.9
The principle of __________ accounts for how nuclear waste will break down over time.
Radioactive decay.
Of the following, which is not disposed of in the hole?
Bodies of lab animals, nuclear waste, classified documents, banned books, evidence of old romances, counterfeit bills, evidence from crimes, corpses.
Banned books.