Environmental Science Waste Management

Waste produced by households and businesses

• Hazardous Waste

• Biodegradable Waste

• Municipal Solid Waste

• Water Waste

• Industrial Solid Waste

Much of the e-waste in the United States not buried or burned is ____.

• dismantled and reused

• recycled

• stored in warehouses

• crushed and used as construction material

• shipped to Asia or Africa

E-waste can be recycled to extract ____.

• high quality plastics

• carbon compounds

• enriched uranium

• organic solids

• personal identification information

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Wastes produced by mines, farms, and industry is called ____.

• industrial solid waste

• hazardous waste

• municipal solid waste

• toxic solid waste

• e-waste

The world’s largest producer of municipal solid waste (MSW) is ____.

• China

• India

• the United States

• Russia

• Australia

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Taking a refillable coffee cup to the office and using it instead of throwaway cups is an example of ____.

• refusing

• reducing

• reusing

• repurposing

• recycling

Which activity is the least desirable from an environmental standpoint?

• refusing

• reducing

• reusing

• repurposing

• recycling

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Garbologists have discovered that trash in landfills is slow to decompose. Why is this?

• Trash is compacted so tightly that the warm temperatures foster the growth of mold.

• Trash is compacted so tightly that sunlight, water, and air are unable to reach it.

• Measures enacted to prevent landfill pollution slow decomposition.

• Trash is constantly mixed and turned over by bulldozers.

• Methods of determining this are faulty; waste in landfills does decompose quickly.

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One way to deal with the creation of solid wastes begins with the question “How can we avoid producing so much solid waste?” This approach is called ____.

• waste reduction

• waste recycling

• secondary pollution prevention

• primary pollution prevention

• integrated waste management

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Which material takes the longest to break down?

• plastic bottles

• aluminum cans

• plastic bags

• plastic six-pack holders

• newspapers