Solid Waste Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. The correct order of the 3 Rs is

2. This is the largest landfill in Metro Manila

3. The average person living in the United States produces

4. What is one advantage of incinerating wastes?

5. When we buy items at bulk barn that have almost no packaging, we are _____

6. Why is plastic waste dangerous for marine life?

7. The liquid that collects at the bottom of a landfill

8. What do they burn off at a landfill?

9. Which of the following is not a category of toxic or hazardous waste?

10. Which played an important role in the development of the throw away society?

11. Manufacturers could reduce waste and conserve resources by making products that

12. _____ means to use less of something?

13. What percentage of approved or proposed Superfund sites have been completely cleaned up?

14. Which federal law deals w/cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites?

15. How do incinerators help to "clean" the smoke they produce?

16. Hazardous materials are discarded liquids and solids that are _____

17. Prevents leachate from getting into the groundwater

18. What do you call the waste materials produced by homes, businesses, schools, and other places in the community?

19. When garbage decomposes it produces _____ Fill in the blank.

20. Incineration of waste is primarily used

21. What does it mean if an item is 'biodegradable'?

22. In this method municipal solid wastes are burnt in a furnace

23. Pollution which occurs by poor disposal of wastes and rubbish is classified as:

24. The majority of municipal solid waste in the United States is composed of

25. The source whose use is a direct cause of deforestation.