Vocabulary
Municipal & Industrial Waste
Minimizing Solid Waste
Hazardous Waste
Random
100
electronic devises that are discarded after people judge them obsolete
E-Waste
100
solid waste that comes from homes and small businesses is called
Municipal solid waste
100
The collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items is called
What is Recycling
100

A substance that is harmful or fatal when inhaled, ingested, or touched is considered what?

What is TOXIC

100

What type of financial incentive includes customers returning empty bottle for a partial refund

What are bottle Bills

200
A controlled process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures
incineration 
200
This is the largest source of municipal solid waste in the U.S.
Paper
200
Converting organic waste into mulch or humus that enriches the soil is called what
What is Composting
200
Substances that can explode or produce toxic fumes when compressed, heated, or mixed with water are considered
What is REACTIVE
200

Industrial radioactive waste can be shipped to and stored here.

What is Yucca Mountain in Nevada

300
the liquid that results when substances from the trash dissolve in water as rainwater percolates downward.
Leachate
300

Globally, this country produces that most waste/

What is China?

300

This type of plastic can most likely be recycled.

What is #1 or #2 plastics?

300
What category of waste do paint, household cleaner, oils, batteries and pesticides belong?
What is HAZARDOUS waste
300

Landfills emit this gas.

What is methane?

400
the conservation of organic waste into mulch or humus through natural biological processes of decomposition
Composting
400
All landfills must contain this.

What is a plastic or clay liner?

400

Recyclables are stored, cleaned, and shredded at


What is MRF (Material recovering facility)

400
Which federal law specifically deals with cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites
What is the CERCLA
400

Industrial waste can come from these types of places. name at lease 3

What are Farms, factories, mines, construction sites, refineries?

500
A federal program to cleanup U.S. sites polluted with hazardous waste from past activities 
superfund
500
which method reduces the volume of waste and generates energy but requires proper disposal of toxic ash
What is incineration 
500

What are the methods of solid-waste management in terms of energy required (in order).

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

500
Which law gave EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from "cradle to grave"
What is the RCRA
500

What type of disposal method is used to send waste into porous rock

What is Deep-well injection?

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