Solid Waste

A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste

• oil

• leachate

• fertilizer

• battery acid

Makes up more than half of the total waste produced

• municipal solid waste

• manufacturing waste

• hazardous waste

• agriculture waste

Which of the following are problems associated with landfills?

• source reduction and composting

• surface improvement and leachate

• leachate and methane production

• all of the above

The three Rs of solving the garbage problem are

• Rebekah, Rachel, and Ronda.

• replace, recover, and remove.

• remove, rewind, and recover.

• reduce, reuse, and recycle.

A landfill liner is made of

• just clay

• clay and plastic

• just plastic

• none of these options

What can you recycle at school?

• paper towels

• Starbucks cup

• milk carton (if clean)

• chip bag

What returns most organic waste to a food web?

• decomposers

• insects

• predators

• photosynthesis

The containment, cleanup, or remediation of abandoned toxic waste sites is governed by a program known as ______________.

• Superfund

• Superclean

• Superdump

• Federal Toxic Act

According to federal Recovery and Reclamation law, companies that produce hazardous waste must track and account for the waste from its creation  ________________.

• until they pass it along to someone else

• until its eventual disposal

• until the company closes

• until no one is paying attention

What is the biggest part of municipal solid waste?

• paper

• plastic

• food scraps

• metal