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Solid Waste Quiz 9 (25 MCQs)

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1. When the waste disposal unit is far from the collection area, this is used.
2. What is the main environmental concern with sanitary landfills?
3. What type of waste is generated by demolition and manufacturing?
4. An approach to waste management that seeks to cut waste by reducing the use of potential waste materials in early stages of design and manufacture.
5. The EPA is a government agency responsible for policing and cleaning waste, pollution, and chemicals. What do the letters EPA represent?
6. Passed in 1976 to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal
7. The process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; the process of reusing some items
8. Which of the following is a benefit of incinerating our trash?
9. Which soil is best to have under a landfill?
10. Broken down by sunlight
11. Type of recycling which the waste materials are converted to new and different products
12. What percent of recycled electronics end up in developing countries?
13. What is the biggest part of municipal solid waste?
14. The three main categories of waste include municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, and:
15. E-waste is harmful because it
16. Which of the following does NOT contribute to a good C/N Ratio when composting?
17. A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
18. Which solid waste management do you practice if you use eco bags in shopping?
19. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
20. Of the following methods of reducing hazardous waste, the most desirable is
21. To _____ is to use something more than once.
22. Thermal treatment of waste
23. Which U.S. legislation imposes a tax on targeted industrial facilities and then utilizes those funds to clean up selected abandoned hazardous waste sites?
24. Which is an environmental benefit of recycling aluminum? I. Reduces the effects on the land from mining II. Reduces the effects of leaching in landfills III. Reduces the energy required to transport and process mined ore
25. Matter in motion has energy.
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