Solid Waste
What is any solid or semi-solid material that is discarded
What is solid waste?
What are any materials rinsed down a drain or flushed down a toilet
what is sewage?
What is a discarded substance that can't be used also that is or contains a flammable, corrosive, reactive, and/ or toxic substance
what is hazardous waste?
what are two ways to reduce the amounts of waste?
Conversion or Donate
what is one concern with recycling?
What is still need energy -prices of recycle determined by market -cross contamination not yet solved -people must know how to sort their garbage
What is Agricultural, Industrial, and Municipal
what are the types of solid waste?
We’re a member of ReFed and World Wildlife Fund’s U.S. Food Waste Pact, which means we’re committed to reducing our food waste by 50% by 20
2030
Four names of WHIMIS categoriesWhat is Flammable, corrosive, reactive, toxic and infectious
Four names of WHIMIS categories
Conversion or Donate
What is Order writer
What is less raw materials are used -encourages greater responsibility -reduces the prices of waste management -decreases amount of waste in the system
What are the advantages of recycling?
What is paper, organic waste, metal, glass, plastic, other
What are the materials of Municipal solid waste
What is Throw in Plastic, paper, or glass, but clean them out before you do! They look like trash cans, but these are usually blue!
What is Recycling Bins
What is a pesticide that doesn't breakdown and remains in the environment for a long time
what is a persistent pesticide?
What is FIFO
What is When stocking the shelf, pay attention to the month, year, and day! First in, First Out is what I always say!
What is a process in which organisms such as worms, insects, and bacteria decompose organic matter
What is composting?
Number or percentage of stores with organic diversion programs, such as composting or animal feed?
455 stores or 84%
What does EPA stand for?
What is Environmental Protection Agency
Which products can contribute to hazardous waste by the way they are made or discarded
What are electronic devices, batteries, cleaning products, fabrics and plastics
What is OUR Center
What is Outreach United Resource Center
What is rich in nutrients for plants -decreases amount of waste entering landfills -makes people more aware of waste they generate
What are the advantages of composting?
What is toxicity, duration of exposure, amount of exposure, and route of exposure
what are the effects hazardous substances have on the health of organisms and the environment?
What is the three-part strategy we use to minimize food waste in our stores and keep waste that cannot be avoided out of landfills?
Decrease, Donate, Divert (in that order of priority.)