Solid Waste Disposal and Waste Disposal Methods

Which of the following is NOT a method of disposal?

• incineration (burning)

• land fill (dumping)

• sanitary landfill (golf course)

• littering when it is okay

What is a PRO (good thing) about incineration (burning)?

• It lets out smoke

• It gets rid of all of the garbage quickly

• It is toxic to humans

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What is a CON (bad thing) about incineration (burning)?

• It's toxic to humans

• It gets rid of all of the garbage

• There is nothing bad about it

• rats

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What is a PRO (good thing) about a landfill (golf course)?

• It takes a long time

• There is way better ways of getting rid of waste

• It makes good hills for golfers and tobogganers

• There is no pro

What is a CON (bad thing) about landfills (golf courses)?

• It takes a long time and it is a very skilled process

• It makes really great hills

• The hills can be dangerous for kids

• Nothing

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What is a PRO (good thing) about a open air dump (dump)?

• It can be smelly

• It takes all of the garbage to one place

• It being rats to the place

• It can cause forest fires

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What is a CON (bad thing) about open air dumps (dumps)?

• It is the best

• It takes the waste away from humans

• It keeps rats away

• It can start forest fires

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How does a landfill (golf course) work?

• It layers the garbage with waste, and then decomposers can break it down eventually

• It burns the garbage

• It takes the garbage and shoves it into the ground

• It just sits in a dump

How does an open air dump (dump) work?

• Making a large pile of garbage in a specific area

• People throw their garbage out into the open air

• by burning garbage

• By starting forest fires

How does a incinerator (burning ) work?

• When garbage is picked up from the home, it is brought to a special site where it is burnt safely

• People burn garbage in their backyards

• People burn garbage in their chimney's

• Burning garbage is illegal