Exam 16: Solid and Hazardous Waste

New laws can be enacted to make it easier to recycle e-waste and plastics, but are not able to provide incentives that will encourage more people to do so.

Explain phytoremediation and discuss possible advantages and disadvantages of its use.

Discuss how governments can encourage reusing and recycling.

The Superfund Act was designed to make polluters pay for cleaning up hazardous waste, but taxpayers are now paying for their cleaning.

EPA studies have found that 70% of all U.S. hazardous waste ____ have no liners and could threaten groundwater supplies.

What is a way that governments can encourage reuse and recycling?

Enough diapers are thrown away in the United States each year that, if linked end to end, would reach to the moon and back approximately seven times.

The bottoms and sides of ____ have strong double liners and containment systems that collect the liquids.

The primary role of hazardous waste ____ is to evade the laws by using an array of tactics, including bribes, false permits, and mislabeling of hazardous wastes as recyclable materials.

People in many less developed countries make their living by removing and selling items from open-pit landfills.

What kind of waste is hospital medical waste?

Some plants may act as pollution sponges that can help to clean up soil and water contaminated with hazardous chemicals.

In the United States, approximately 67% by weight of all municipal solid waste is ____.

Which type of waste can a homeowner recycle in their backyard as part of a composting project?

What variety of hazardous waste does not have a scientifically and politically acceptable way of disposal?

The United States contains only 4.3% of the world's people, but produces approximately 25% of the world's solid waste.

The fee-per-____ waste collection systems charge consumers for the amount of waste they throw away.

Which category most accurately describes waste such as food wastes, cardboard, cans, bottles, yard wastes, furniture, plastics, metal, glass, and e-waste?

From an environmental standpoint, refusing, reducing, and reusing are preferred over recycling because they are ____ approaches that tackle the problem of waste production at the front end.

If you live in the United States, you can find out what toxic chemicals are being stored and released in your neighborhood by ____.