Humans and Waste
What solid waste products take up roughly 50%
Paper and Compostable materials
These heavy metals come from e-waste?
Mercury and Cadmium
This "R" is the lease effective...compared to the other 2.
Recycle
A chemical that interferes with the normal development of embryos or fetuses.
Teratogen
A study that monitors people who might become exposed to harmful chemicals in the future.
Prospective Study
Where most of our solid waste goes in the United Stated
Landfill (Sanitary)
Hopefully this material does not seep out of landfills and stopped by a 3in rubber liner.
Leachate
This type of environmental action requires a 30:1 ratio of Nitrogen to Carbon in order to be effective at restoring soil health.
Composting
A chemical that interferes with the normal functioning of hormones in an animal’s body.
Endocrine Disruptor
The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain.
Biomagnification
Methane
This toxic substance comes from Incinerators
Ash
Federal law designed to reduce or eliminate hazardous waste. Also known as “cradle-to-grave” tracking.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
An insecticide that lead to the thinning of Eagle eggs and acted as an endocrine disruptor.
DDT
The number of Superfund sites in NJ
115
Contaminated industrial or commercial sites that may require environmental cleanup before they can be redeveloped or expanded.
Brownfield(s)
the use of fungi to decontaminate the environment.
Mycoremediation
refers to the use of plants and associated soil microbes to reduce the concentrations or toxic effects of contaminants in the environment.
Phytoremediation
Lead and Mercury are classified as this type of toxin
Neurotoxin
A virus that had originated in an animal before spilling over to humans.
Zoonotic
Recycling one product into a different product. Bottles to pens for example.
Open Loop Recycling
They make the harmful green house gas methane in landfills
CERCLA
(Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act), also know as this type of act.
Superfund Act
This is a pesticide (herbicide) that also acts as an endocrine disruptor, causing demasculinization and feminization in male African Clawed frogs
Altrazine
Allows federal government to respond directly to the release of hazardous substances
Superfund Act