Ch1 Story of Stuff

The cultural orientation that leads people to find meaning, satisfaction, and satisfaction for what they consume

• 
  consumption
• consumerism
• 
  ecological footprint
• 
  ecological overshoot

The removal of resources from a natural environment

• materials economy
• carrying capacity
• extraction
• production

The process by which raw materials are turned into manufactured goods

• materials economy
• carrying capacity
• extraction
• production

The journey it takes of a product from where it is manufactured to where you can purchase it

• distribution
• disposal
• e-waste
• landfill

The last step of a materials economy after it has been consumed

• local living economies
• disposal
• e-waste
• landfill

A place where garbage is buried

• local living economies
• distribution
• disposal
• landfill

Wastes may be produced when:

• A product is made

• A product is thrown away

• A product is used

• All of the above

A consumer wants to do his or her part to reduce the production of waste. Which one of the following is he or she likely to do?

• Buy products that cannot be recycled.

• Purchase fewer products

• Buy from companies that use only new raw materials

• All of the above

An apparatus for burning waste material, esp. industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash

• Recycling
• Midden
• Incinerator
• Waste Disposal

the process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; the process of reusing some items

• recycling
• compost
• solid waste
• landfill