Pollution & Waste
The worldview sees humans at the top of the hierarchy.
What is the anthropocentric view?
The name of our city's waste processing and research facilities
What is the Edmonton Waste Management Centre (EWMC)?
Five offshore plastic accumulation zones
How many offshore plastic accumulation zones are in the world's oceans?
A view of the world that puts the environment at the center
What is Eco-centric?
Minerals and land that are in fixed supply
What are Stock Resources?
The release of substances into the environment that degrades air, land, or water
What is Pollution?
The station(s) to dispose of household hazardous waste and e-waste in Edmonton
What is the Edmonton Eco Station(s)?
Between Hawaii and California
What is the location of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel
What are Renewable energy sources?
Thereusese of material and energy resources
What is Recycling?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
What are "The 3 R's"?
The year 1999
What is the year that Edmonton's Blue Bag recycling program began?
1.6 million sq km
What is the estimated size of the GPGP?
Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming
What are human impacts on the climate?
Those who believe science and technology will solve problems to support a growing population
Who are Cornucopians?
30 million tonnes annually
How much municipal solid waste does Canada produce annually?
The name of Edmonton's current Waste public consultation program
What is 'Let's Talk Waste'?
80,000 Tonnes
What is the estimated mass of the plastic in the GPGP?
The industry consumes 73% of global water supplies
What is agriculture?
The resources that regenerate naturally within a human lifespan
What are Renewable Resources?
The most common system of waste disposal in North America?
What is landfill?
The year 2014
What is the year that Edmonton's Waste-to-Biofuels Chemical facility opened?
250 pieces of debris per person
How many pieces of debris per person for each human in the world are estimated to be in the GPGP?
Oil, coal, natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
Those who argue that ongoing environmental deterioration will lead to a nightmarish future
Who are Catastrophists?