E Waste Management

E-waste can be recycled to extract ____.

• gold, rare earths, valuable metals

• carbon compounds

• organic solids

• personal identification information

Much of the e-waste in the United States not buried or burned is ____.

• dismantled and reused

• shipped to Asia or Africa

• crushed and used as construction material

• stored in warehouses

Which industrialized nation has refused to sign the International Basel Convention to reduce and/or control movement of hazardous e-waste across international boundaries?

• Canada

• United States

• Japan

• South Korea

Dry cell batteries and household pesticides are classified as ____ waste.

• industrial solid

• toxic solid

• hazardous

• electronic

Which characteristic would not be used to define hazardous waste?

• flammable

• corrosive

• chemically reactive

• conductive

Hazardous waste includes radioactive wastes, which need to be stored safely for as long as ____ years.

• 15

• 500

• 40,000

• 240,000

Filtration and distillation are ____ methods for detoxifying hazardous waste.

• physical

• chemical

• biological

• inexpensive

Which method uses natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb, filter, and remove contaminants from soil and water?

• physical methods

• nanomagnets

• phytoremediation

• chemical methoda

What is the most common method of hazardous waste storage in most countries of the world?

• burial at sea

• above ground tanks

• inside plants and wharehouses

• land burial

What is an advantage of deep-well disposal of liquid hazardous wastes?

• Liquid wastes are safer than solid wastes.

• Wastes can often be retrieved.

• Well casings never leak.

• Carbon dioxide and

  other air pollutants are not emitted.