Waste Disposal and Recycling

What are the three methods of handling solid waste?

• Burning, burying, and recycling.

• Putting trash in trash bags

• Taking trash to landfills

What is incineration?

• the burning of solid waste.

• piling up of trash

• to reuse trash for a better purpose

• the leaking of chemicals into the ground

What is a possible cost of making landfills?

• It can attract unwanted animals

• It can leak chemicals into the soil.

• We can't dig a deep enough pit for all the trash.

• It smells bad. Like really bad.

What is leachate?

• a polluted liquid that can run into streams and rivers

• a type of bug at a lake

• a method to get rid of trash

• process of reclaiming raw materials and reusing them to create new products.

What is recycling?

• The process of reclaiming raw materials and reusing them to create new products

• a polluted form of liquid

• a process that buries trash into the earth

• a type of bicycle

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Plastic containers, metal cans, rubber tires, and glass are considered biodegradable.

• True

• False

Biodegradable is any material that can be broken down and recycled by bacteria and other decomposers.

• True

• False

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What is not recycled by nature?

• Carbon

• Water

• Nitrogen

• Metal

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What is hazardous waste?

• Any material that can be harmful to human health or the environment.

• Material that can be reused to make new material

• Material that can broken down and recycled by nature.

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Hazardous wastes can cause health problems such as skin irritation or breathing difficulties or cancer.

• True

• False