Garbage: Problems and Solutions

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What types of garbage are there?

• Recyclable waste

• Plant waste

• Reusable Tools

• Hazardous waste

• Home waste

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What type of garbage is considered recyclable waste?

• Glass

• Paper

• Medicine

• Plastic

• Clothing

Which of the following can be recycled many times?

• Fish bone

• Plastic

• Paper

• Aluminum

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Which of the following way is causing water pollution?

• Oil leaking

• Throwing plastic into a form of water

• Diving

• Composting

In the United States, how many times are products typically used before they are thrown away?

• once

• twice

• three times

• more than three times

Which of these factors make it harder to dispose of waste?

• growing human population, increasing available land

• growing human population, decreasing available land

• shrinking human population, greater recycling capability

• level human population, greater cow population

Waste that can be broken down by biological processes is called....

• hazardous.

• nonrenewable

• biodegradable

• biohazardous

How do consumers indirectly create manufacturing waste?

• consumers build the factories that produce the waste

• consumers purchase the products that come from the manufacturing plants

• consumers, reduce, reuse, and recycle

• consumers eat on plates made in factories

What happens to more than 50% of the solid waste in the United States?

• goes to a landfill

• gets incinerated

• gets shot into outer space

• gets recycled

One way consumers can influence manufacturers to reduce solid waste is by buying products that...

• cost more to make

• can be used more than once

• cannot be recycyled

• cannot be used more than once