Waste Reduction Methods

Waste produced by households and businesses

• Hazardous Waste

• Biodegradable Waste

• Municipal Solid Waste

• Water Waste

• Industrial Solid Waste

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

• dismantled and reused

• recycled

• stored in warehouses

• crushed and used as construction material

• shipped to Asia or Africa

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E-waste can be recycled to extract ____.

• high quality plastics

• carbon compounds

• enriched uranium

• organic solids

• personal identification information

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Wastes produced by mines, farms, and industry is called ____.

• industrial solid waste

• hazardous waste

• municipal solid waste

• toxic solid waste

• e-waste

The world’s largest producer of municipal solid waste (MSW) is ____.

• China

• India

• the United States

• Russia

• Australia

Taking a refillable coffee cup to the office and using it instead of throwaway cups is an example of ____.

• refusing

• reducing

• reusing

• repurposing

• recycling

Which activity is the least desirable from an environmental standpoint?

• refusing

• reducing

• reusing

• repurposing

• recycling

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Garbologists have discovered that trash in landfills is slow to decompose. Why is this?

• Trash is compacted so tightly that the warm temperatures foster the growth of mold.

• Trash is compacted so tightly that sunlight, water, and air are unable to reach it.

• Measures enacted to prevent landfill pollution slow decomposition.

• Trash is constantly mixed and turned over by bulldozers.

• Methods of determining this are faulty; waste in landfills does decompose quickly.

One way to deal with the creation of solid wastes begins with the question “How can we avoid producing so much solid waste?” This approach is called ____.

• waste reduction

• waste recycling

• secondary pollution prevention

• primary pollution prevention

• integrated waste management

Which material takes the longest to break down?

• plastic bottles

• aluminum cans

• plastic bags

• plastic six-pack holders

• newspapers