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Solid Waste Quiz 14 (17 MCQs)

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1. What is a leachate?
2. Alarge fieldor pit where garbage is deposited and sometimes burned
3. Using a product or material that was intended to be discarded.
4. SHORT ANSWER:How did the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency signal a new approach to environmental policy?
5. Which items are most commonly thrown away in municipal solid waste?
6. Chemicals that are used to get rid of insects that eat plants and crops are called:
7. Which type of waste is determined to be hazardous or nonhazardous and then sent to the appropriate landfill?
8. It is the reduction of solid waste using bacteria to treat biodegradable waste
9. This convention bans POPs and dirty dozen.
10. Bacteria in landfills decompose materials very slowly. This process creates a reusable gas called _____
11. Which of the following are problems associated with landfills?
12. Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products. Which one of these is NOT one of them?
13. These should not be put in landfills since they are biodegradable _____
14. Which is TRUE of Bisphenol A (BPA)?
15. _____ are constructed above an impermeable clay structure, and take into consideration ground water geology and soil type.
16. What is the true meaning of NIMBY?
17. An engineered ground facility designed to hold municipal solid waste (MSW) with as little contamination of the surrounding environment as possible.
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