A material that can be broken down by biological processes.
What is biodegradable
100
A permanent waste-disposal site where wastes are put into the ground and then covered with soil.
What is a landfill?
100
Anything that is not able to break down in a relatively short amount of time through natural processes.
What is nonbiodegradable?
100
These are chemicals used on crops to help get rid of plant-eating insects.
What are pesticides?
100
This is a type of plastic used to make soda bottles.
What is polyethylene terepthalate?
200
Any discarded solid material.
What is solid waste.
200
This is a gas that is a product of decomposition.
What is methane?
200
Process of reusing materials, or recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap.
What is recycling?
200
This should be disposed of at an automobile service station or in an oil-collection receptacle.
What is motor oil?
200
This is a type of plastic used to make styrofoam cups.
What is polystyrene?
300
Any change indesign, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials to reduce toxicity.
What is source reduction?
300
A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste in a landfill.
What is leachate?
300
This is made from old food and yard wastes.
What is compost?
300
A biological process to extract copper and gold from ore using microbes.
What is biomining?
300
This ore is what makes aluminum.
What is bauxite?
400
A type of plastic made by blending the sugars in plants with a special chemical.
What is green plastic?
400
This is one way to reduce the amount of solid wastes that may end up in landfills.
What is an incinerator/incineration.
400
A type of battery that helps reduce solid wastes.
What is rechargable batteries?
400
This is in place to help clean up hazardous waste sites.
What is the Superfund Act?
400
This type of plastic is labeled with a 5.
What is polypropylene?
500
This is where wastes are pumped into the ground.
What is deep-well injection?
500
This item was put into a landfill in Tempe Arizona in 1971. It was removed in 1989, and was legible.
What is newspaper?
500
This type of plastic is engineered to break down into tiny pieces if it is left out in the sun for many weeks.
What is photodegradable plastic?
500
Requires all hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities to be built and operated according to standards that are designed to keep the environment safe.
What is the RCRA?
500
This is a type of plastic that is labeled with a 7.