Waste and Disposal

_________________________solid waste includes empty packaging, paper, food scraps, agricultural and industrial waste, and construction debris.

• Municipal

• Large

• Recycling

• Leachate

The burning of solid waste is called ___________________________.

• recycling

• camp fire

• sanitary landfills

• incineration

One safe way to handle solid waste is to bury it in _________________ __________________.

• recycling bins

• sanitary landfills

• an incinerator

• your backyard

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

• Incinerating

• Making landfills

• Recycling

• Stealing

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

• TRUE

• toxic

• not biodegradable

• any garbage

Recycling conserves resources and saves energy.

• TRUE

• Municipal solid waste

• Leachate

• Incineration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Municipal Solid waste is any material that can be harmful to human health or to the environment.

• TRUE

• Hazardous waste

• Waste

• Compost

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

• toxic

• municipal solid waste

• leachate

• drinking water

Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products: metal, glass, paper, and rubber.

• TRUE

• aluminum

• water

• plastic

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

• TRUE

• municipal solid wastes

• waste water

• leachate