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Solid & Hazardous Waste APES QuestionsAnd Correct Answers Latest Version 2024
solid waste ANS✔✔ any unwanted or discarded material we produce that is not a
liquid or gas
industrial solid waste ANS✔✔ produced by mines, agriculture, and industries that
supply people with goods and services
municipal solid waste ANS✔✔ garbage and trash produced by homes and workplace
hazardous/toxic waste ANS✔✔ waste that threatens human health or the
environment because it is poisonous, dangerously chemically reactive, corrosive, or
flammable
organic compounds ANS✔✔ various solvents, pesticides, PCB's, dioxins
toxic heavy metals ANS✔✔ lead, mercury, arsenic
Reasons to reduce amount of solid and hazardous wastes we produce: ANS✔✔ 1.
3/4 materials represent an unnecessary waste of earth's resource
2. cause huge amounts of air pollution, greenhouse gas, water pollution, and land
degradation
most of solid waste produced in the U.S. is ANS✔✔ industrial solid waste from
mining, agriculture, and industry
top 3 municipal solid waste in the U.S ANS✔✔ paper/cardboard, yard waste, and
food waste
, 2 main ways to deal with solid waste ANS✔✔ waste management
waste reduction
waste management (4) ANS✔✔ involves mixing waste together and
a. transferring them from one part of the environment to another
b. burying them
c. burning them
d. shipping them to another location
waste reduction ANS✔✔ which produces less waste and pollution because the
wastes are viewed as potential resources that can be reused, reduced, and
composted.
we should see garbage trucks as ANS✔✔ resource containers on their way to
recycling/compost facilities
integrated waste management system ANS✔✔ variety of strategies for waste
reduction and waste management
first priorities (4) ANS✔✔ 1. change industrial process to elminate use of harmful
chemicals
2. use less harmful products
3. reduce packaging and materials in product
4. make products recyclable, reusable, and easy to repair
second priorities (5) ANS✔✔ 1. reuse
2. repair
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