MSW Moodle -2-open elective

Integrated Waste Management Strategies prioritize this as the first step in managing solid waste?

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Landfill

solid or liquid waste that is toxic, chemically reactive, flammable or corrosive

• Municipal Solid Waste

• Industrial Waste

• Hazardous Waste

• Wastewater

What is the term for a place where trash is simply piled up?

• open dump

• sanitary landfill

• municipal solid waste

• leachate

Where would open dumping and burning likely be used as the primary method of waste disposal?

• developed countries

• developing countries

• industrialized nations

• coastal regions

Which greenhouse gas is produced by the microbes in landfills?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• methane

Which government agency enforces the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?

• Emergency Pollution Agency

• Ecological Prevention Agency

• Environmental Protection Agency

a liquid that results when substances from trash dissolve in water as rainwater percolates downwards through a landfill.

• wastewater

• BPA

• DDT

• leachate

Over half of U.S. municipal solid waste is

• recycled.

• incinerated.

• dumped in landfills.

• composted.

• buried.

Which of the following is not a type of e-waste?

• discarded TV sets

• discarded computer printer paper

• discarded cell pones

• discarded e-toys

• discarded computer monitors

In a low-waste approach, which of the following strategies should be given lowest priority?

• incinerate

• reuse

• reduce

• bury

• recycle