Entegris Waste Management Game

Vocabulary

100

any unwanted material or substance

What is waste

200

Waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment.

What is Hazardous Waste.

300

Computers and laptops

What are some E-waste

400

Manifest

What is A tracking document for hazardous waste shipments. 

500

RCRA stands for

What is Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

Municipal and Industrial Waste

100

waste that comes from the production of manufacturing.

What is industrial waste

200

paper, yard debris, food scraps, and plastic

What are examples of municipal solid waste

300

Main types of industrial waste (name 3)

What is 

Hazardous waste (e.g., solvents, heavy metals)

Non-hazardous waste (e.g., packaging materials, food processing waste)

Solid waste

Liquid waste

Gaseous emissions

400

The environmental impacts of industrial waste? (name 2)

What are

• Soil and water contamination
• Air pollution
• Harm to wildlife and ecosystems
• Human health risks

500

cradle-to-grave responsibility

What is he legal responsibility of a waste generator to manage hazardous waste from its creation to its final disposal, including transportation and treatment. 

Minimizing Solid Waste

100

preventing waste generation

What is source reduction

200

reduce packaging, reduce use of nonbiodegradable plastics

What is waste reduction

300

composting and recycling

What is waste recovery

400

collection of materials that can be broken down and reprocessed to make new items

What is recycling

500

Materials that can be recycled. (name 3)

What is 

• Paper and cardboard

• Glass bottles and jars

• Metal cans (aluminum and steel)

• Certain plastics (usually labeled #1 and #2)

• Electronics (through special programs)

Hazardous Waste

100

ignitable, corrosive, reactive, toxic

What is hazardous waste

200

industry, mining, households, small businesses, agriculture, utilities...

What creators of hazardous waste

300

lead, chromium, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, tin, and copper

What are heavy metals

400

most common method of disposing of hazardous waste that use land

What is landfills

500

The difference between listed and characteristic hazardous waste

What is 

• Listed waste is specifically named by the EPA (e.g., F-list, K-list, P-list, U-list).

• Characteristic waste is identified by its hazardous properties (ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, toxicity).

Ambler waste

100

Ambler's Generator Status

What is Large Quantity Generator?

200

What are 5 types of drummed waste we create in Ambler? 

What are neutral waste water, acid waste, solvent waste, halogenated waste, contaminated glass etc. 

300

Items that must be on a waste label if it is in the waste room.

What are the words: Hazardous waste, name, hazard, and Date.

400

Drain

Where is not acceptable to dispose of waste?

500

The length of time we can retain Univeral waste.

What is 1 year?