Unit 4 Solid and Hazardous Waste

_____________ is the process of reclaiming raw materials and reusing them to create new products.

• Reducing
• Repurposing
• Recycling
• Composting

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When you throw something "away", where does it end up?

• Outer space
• Landfills
• My trashcan is a magical trash-disappearing portal
• Who cares?

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What can you recycle at school?

• Paper
• Plastic
• Aluminum
• All of these

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Which of these is NOT hazardous waste

• Motor oil
• Paint
• Cell phones
• Glass bottles

In order to make recycling an economically sustainable practice, people need to

• buy recycled materials
• recycle more
• ban landfills in their area
• compost their scraps

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When trash is burned in an incinerator, it is completely destroyed and no waste is still present.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Most of this trash is dumped in

• lakes.
• landfills.
• ocean.
• forests.

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Solid waste

• threatens human health or the environment because it is toxic, chemically active, corrosive or flammable.
• any unwanted or discarded material we produce that is not a liquid or gas.
• produce directly from homes.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Hazardous (toxic) waste

• threatens human health or the environment because it is toxic, chemically active, corrosive or flammable.
• any unwanted or discarded material we produce that is not a liquid or gas.
• produce directly from homes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Municipal solid waste (MSW)

• threatens human health or the environment because it is toxic, chemically active, corrosive or flammable.
• any unwanted or discarded material we produce that is not a liquid or gas.
• produce directly from homes.

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