Municipal Solid Waste

Makes up most of the municipal solid waste

• paper
• plastic
• manufacturing waste
• leachate

A liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste

• oil
• leachate
• fertilizer
• battery acid

Garbage produced by households and businesses

• hazardous waste
• school lunch
• municipal solid waste
• city water

Cannot be broken down by biological processes

• plant waste
• paper
• plastic
• yard waste

From 1970 to the present, the percentage of waste that is recycled has

• increased from 6.6% to 28%
• decreased from 28% to 6.6%
• decreased from 28% to 19.6%
• remained the same

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 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