6th - Waste Disposal and Recycling

True or False - Municipal solid waste includes empty packaging, paper, food scraps, agricultural and industrial waste, and construction debris.

• True

• False

The burning of solid waste is called ________.

• carbonization

• cremation

• incineration

• combustion

One safe way to handle solid waste is to ________.

• throw it in the river

• bury it in sanitary landfills

• toss it in the ditch

• leave it in the Walmart parking lot

________ is reclaiming and reusing raw materials to create new products.

• Salvaging

• Reprocessing

• Discarding

• Recycling

Materials that can be broken down and recycled by bacteria and other decomposers are ________.

• environmentally unsafe

• biodegradable

• ecologically safe

• unusable

Recycling one aluminum an saves enough energy to run a TV for ________.

• 30 minutes

• 1 hour

• 3 hours

• 2 days

________ is any material that can be harmful to human health or to the environment.

• Hazardous waste

• Dangerous waste

• Unpredictable waste

• Precarious waste

When rainwater filters down through a dump and dissolves chemicals in the waste, the polluted result is called ________.

• dredge

• hazardous

• run-off

• leachate

Which categories are the focus of recycling?

• Metal and glass

• Paper and plastic

• Oil and paint

• Both A and B

True or False: A person can be exposed to hazardous wastes by breathing, eating, drinking, or touching them.

• True

• False