Solid Waste
This special type of solid waste refers specifically to waste that is discarded in homes, offices, and in general daily.
What is municipal [solid waste]?
A term for waste that is able to be broken down by natural processes.
What is biodegradable?
Name an example of a hazardous waste.
Answers vary but can include: batteries, computers, cleaners, motor oils, paints, phones, pesticides, fertilizers, and more.
This method of waste reduction involves taking common wastes such as glass, plastic, and paper and making it reusable through a series of steps.
What is recycling?
Plastic has become a major issue because it is unable to be broken down by natural processes, otherwise known as being ___________.
What is non-biodegradable?
This special type of solid waste includes overproduced products, defective products, and scrap metal as a few examples.
What is manufacturing waste?
This type of waste is known to be a risk to the health of humans and other animals.
What is hazardous waste?
Hazardous wastes are sometimes burned in this specially designed chamber that produces extremely high temperatures. This is also one of the most expensive methods of hazardous waste disposal.
What is an incinerator? (can also accept incinerating. Cannot accept burning).
This is the first step in the recycling process, and also the step that you are able to complete yourselves.
What is collection? [Can also accept any explanation of putting stuff in a recycling bin. Multiple acceptable answers]
This is the name of a film documentary about the issues with plastic dumping that we spent 3 days in class watching together.
What is "A Plastic Ocean?" [Must be exact title]
This special type of solid waste refers to excess rocks and dirt excavated when digging for resources.
What is mining waste?
This term refers to an area where waste is often dumped, often permanently.
What is a landfill?
This method of waste disposal involves taking liquid waste and injecting it deep underground to be absorbed in dry, rocky layers of the Earth.
What is deep-well injection?
This method of waste reduction recycles organic material into products like fertilizers and soil enhancers.
What is composting?
This special type of plastic becomes very brittle when exposed to the sun for an extended period of time.
What is photodegradable plastic?
This special type of solid waste includes crop wastes and manure.
What is agricultural waste?
This term describes a liquid that seeps through solid waste in a landfill. This liquid is usually deemed hazardous.
What is leachate?
What is the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act? (RCR or RCRA are fine)
This method of waste reduction involves changing the design or manufacturing of a product well before it is ever actually produced.
What is source reduction?
This is a special type of plastic that is made partially with the help of plant sugars. This type of plastic can begin to degrade 1-2 months after being discarded.
What is green plastic?
This example of waste also makes up the largest % of discarded municipal solid waste.
What is paper?
This term describes a human-made depression designed to hold a variety of wastes. This depression is often filled with water for evaporation, so it must be built with a sealed bottom layer.
What is a surface impoundment?
Under the Superfund Act, nearly 1200 sites across the US have been labeled as illegally dumping hazardous waste. Of these 1200 sites, only this amount of sites have actually been cleaned.
What is 75?
This is the percentage (%) of energy saved by producing an aluminum can from recycled materials instead of aluminum ore.
What is 95%?
Explain the main problem with degradable plastics.