Exam 16: Solid and Hazardous Waste

Surface ____________________ are lined ponds, pits, or lagoons in which liquid hazardous wastes are stored.

What may have prevented the use of bioplastics in the past century?

Denmark ____ over half of its municipal solid waste in state-of-the-art facilities that exceed European air pollution standards.

____________________ involves using natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb, filter, and remove contaminants from polluted soil and water.

It is possible to contribute to health problems for people in China, India, or Africa when discarding a cell phone or other electronic device in the United States

Plasma gasification is a technology that uses arcs of electricity in the absence of ____ to produce very high temperatures for vaporizing trash.

It can take 400 to 1,000 years to break down ____ that end up in landfills or the ocean.

Explain what the worst-case scenario is when you throw away an old smartphone or computer.

Large volumes of liquid hazardous waste, often injected into deep disposal wells, is produced by ____.

List and explain the four R's of waste reduction.

What approach do many analysts call for in approaching our waste problems?

Since 1976, the EPA has used the Toxic Substances Control Act to ban only 5 of the roughly 85,000 chemicals in use.

Discuss how the promising technology of plasma gasification works and why we are not presenting using this technology.

What is the result of using a pay-as-you-throw approach in San Francisco, California, USA?

What process involves the use of bacteria and enzymes to destroy hazardous substances?

Which country is the world's largest producer of solid waste?

The use of bacteria and enzymes to convert toxic or hazardous substances to harmless compounds is called ____________________.

Tires being shredded and converted into surfacing for public roads is an example of ____________________ recycling.

The highest priority "R" of waste reduction is "reuse."

The original list from the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) of 12 hazardous chemicals, called the ____________________, which includes DDT and eight other chlorine-containing persistent pesticides, PCBs, dioxins, and furans.