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Explore the topic of solid waste, including landfills, waste reduction, and hazardous waste. Learn about the different types of waste, its impact on the environment, and ways to reduce and manage waste effectively.
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$100 Question Solid Waste What is solid waste?
$100 Answer Solid Waste Any discarded solid material
$200 Question Solid Waste How much waste does the Average American Produce Daily?
$200 Answer solid waste 4.5 lbs per perso
$300 Question solid waste What “industry” is the Largest producer of solid waste?
$300 Answer solid waste Agriculture 56% of the waste
$400 Question solid waste What is MSW?
$400 Answer solid waste Municipal solid waste
$500 Question solid waste What is bioremediation?
$500 Answer solid waste Microbes used to break down waste Crude oil, sewage effluent, chlorinated solvents, pesticides and gasoline are gobbled up
$100 Question landfills What is leachate?
$100 Answer landfills Garbage Water— Liquid that has passed though compacted soil waste in a landfill. Forms when water seeps down through a landfill and contains dissolved chemicals from decomposing garbage
$200 Question landfills What toxic gas is produced When materials in a landfill Begin to degrade and decompose?
$200 Answer landfills Methane gas—it is 25 times worse than CO2
$300 Question landfills What is the primary threat Of landfills?
$300 Answer landfills Contamination of ground Water supplies
$400 Question landfills What is the problem with Incinerating waste so that It does not go into landfills?
$400 Answer Landfills Toxins in, Toxins out What the products are burned The Air Quality is compromised
$500 Question landfills Compare municipal solid Waste to manufacturing solid Waste.
$500 Answer landfills Municipal solid waste is produced by households and businesses and is mostly paper, yard waste, food waste and plastic. Manufacturing solid waste includes scrap metal, paper, sludge, and ash and makes up a larger percentage of solid waste.
$100 Question Reducing How can consumer demand influence The packaging of bottled beverages?
$100 Answer Reducing If consumers refuse to purchase then the Manufacturers must come up with an alternative in order to make a profit
$200 Question Reducing Manufacturers could reduce waste and conserve resources by making products by Use more materials Are more durable Are difficult to repair Are disposable.
$200 Answer Reducing Making products that Are more durable
$300 Question Reducing What is one way to reduce an over supply of recyclable materials?
$300 Answer Reducing -Build more recycling plants -Increase the amount of recyclable materials that can be collected -Increase the demand for products made from recycled materials
$400 Question Reducing What can go into compost---name Three items?
$400 Answer reducing Organic materials (food) Wood Dry wall Newspapers Yard clippings
$500 Question Reducing What is photodegradable plastic?
$500 Answer Reducing Plastics made so that when it is left in the sun for many weeks, it becomes weak and brittle and eventually breaks into pieces A better alternative is Green Plastic made from blending sugars in plants to make plastic like materials
$100 Question Misc. How was the Garbage Island In the west pacific formed?
$100 Answer Misc From plastics not photodegrading And floating on tides and ocean Currents until caught up in the Circular flow of the gyre
$200 Question Misc. What is planned obsolescence?
$200 Answer Misc. Designed for the Dump It is designed to not last long But long enough to gain Customer loyalty to buy again
$300 Question Misc. What is perceived obsolescence?
$300 Answer Misc Marketing ploy to make the Customer feel as if they “need” The items when the one they have Is still perfectly good—creating More waste
$400 Question Misc. If your shirt is made of 50% cotton and 50% Polyester, what part is biodegradable?
$400 Answer Misc. None, as you can not Separate the two economically But if you could then the Cotton would be biodegradable
$500 Question Misc What are the five parts of The materials economy?
$500 Answer Misc Extraction Production Distribution Consumption Disposal
$100 Question Hazardous Waste What is a hazardous waste?
$100 Answer Climate Any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things.
$200 Question hazardous waste What types of hazardous waste would you find in a household? Name 3
$200 Answer hazardous waste Air Fresheners Ammonia, Bleach Carpet & Upholstery Shampoo Dishwasher detergents Furniture polish Toilet bowl cleaners, Laundry room products Oven cleaners
$300 Question hazardous waste Suppose someone dumped dumped left-over motor oil on a driveway. Could this disposal method contaminate the __air __water __soil why?
$300 Answer hazardous waste All three Soil—contamination kills the plants, then leads to ground water contamination Air –because in the sun the oil begins to emit gasses which get into the atmosphere creating super dioxins that leads to ground level ozone
$400 Question hazardous waste What are three problems with incinerating hazardous waste?
$400 Answer hazardous waste • When it is burned toxins are released into the air • The ash must go to a landfill and then becomes toxic leachate • 3) very expensive and uses a lot of energy to burn
$500 Question hazardous waste Identify one law that Governs hazardous waste?
