Plastic
Amount of plastics produced in total.
What is 8.3 billion tons?
This part of the landfill separates the trash from groundwater sources.
What is the bottom liner system?
An object has to contain a battery or plug, and contain materials that fall under hazardous waste to be called this.
What is Electronic waste?
This is one of the main reasons why retailers throw away edible and healthy food.
What is the food is ugly?
Total number of waste solutions from the innovative approaches article.
What is 15 solutions?
Small pieces of plastic that have been broken down over long periods of time.
What are microplastics?
What is to isolate trash from groundwater and the outside environment?
This act was established in response to human and enviornmental health risks due to toxic waste.
What is CERCLA?
Total amount of food waste globally.
What is 1/3 of all food?
In the "Working to reduce the plastics problem" article, Nick looks at specific polymers and compares them to this elastomer.
What is a rubber band?
This is how we define plastics.
What are groups of polymers molded into useful or needed shapes?
This is the term used to describe waste water that contains contaminating substances.
What is leachate?
This goal of superfunds has these people pay for the cleanup work.
What is the parties responsible?
This is the % of Meat that is lost or wasted.
What is 20% of meat lost or wasted?
There were 3 benefits to this solution to reducing electronic waste.
What is re-using electronics?
Photodegration is this.
What is the process of UV rays breaking down plastics.
Term used to describe the compacted trash that is stacked in a landfill.
What are cells?
A substance that explodes in contact with water can be considered a hazardous substance. The hazard waste characteristic is...
What is reactivity?
The stage in the food supply chain where most food waste occurs in developed countries.
What is the retail stage?
This solution to waste utilizes this specific resource to rebuild roads.
What are plastic roads?
The amount of plastics that are recylcled.
What is 9%?
Greenhouse gas released from landfills.
What is methane?
This is the amount of E-waste that ends up in landfills and is not recycled.
What is 80% of e-waste?
This is what the black line in Tristram Stuarts' graph from his TedTalk represented.
What is the minimum amount of food needed to meet the dietary needs of every person of a nation?
These are 2 solutions for food waste on a consumer/individual level from the cost of food video.
What are
- Planning ahead/buying what we need
- Cooking/utlize left overs
- Aware of how to store food properly
- Tell that food is safe beyond expiration date