Solid Waste Introduction

Makes up most of municipal solid waste

• paper

• plastic

• manufacturing waste

• leachate

Garbage produced by households and businesses

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

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Cannot be broken down by biological processes

• plant waste
• paper
• plastic
• yard waste

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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

When we throw away cellphones, computers, and TVs this waste is

• trash
• e-waste
• recycled
• sent to china

A process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures is:

• recovery
• incineration
• leachate
• source reduction 

What is a positive of incineration?

• It reduces the volume of trash. Also, heat produced can be used to make electricity.
• It heats the air which makes warmer temperatures.
• It releases greenhouse gases