CH 19 waste

pumping wastes below groundwater level

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

toxic, corrosive, or explosive material

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Deep-well injection involves

• lining a pond to seal it.

• pumping wastes into the ground below groundwater level.

• digging wells below landfills to search for water.

• removing hazardous wastes from below\ groundwater level.

Surface impoundment is a method for

• packing a landfill down.

• disposing of hazardous waste by bringing it to the surface.

• disposing of hazardous waste by allowing it to settle out and evaporate in a pond.

• recovering raw material from manufactured goods.

Paper and food waste are considered this type of product...

• biodegradable
• non-biodegradable
• reusable 
• non-pollutants

Making products from recycled materials

• is limited to metals.

• can save energy and other resources during the manufacturing process.

• uses so much energy that it is not economically workable.

• none

The EPA requires landfills to have monitors that detect this explosive gas.

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• hydrogen sulfide

• methane

Compared to people living in other industrialized countries, people living in North America:

• produce far less solid waste.

• produce about the same amount of solid waste.

• recover and recycle more solid waste.

• produce more solid waste.

What is the last step of recycling?

• collect and sort material

• transport material to recycling facility

• clean and shred discarded material

• manufacture new products

Most of the waste that is buried in landfills is:

• food waste

• paper

• grass clippings

• plastic