Environmental Science Waste Management

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

Which activity is the least desirable from an environmental standpoint?

• refusing

• reducing

• reusing

• repurposing

• recycling

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Which material takes the longest to break down?

• plastic bottles

• aluminum cans

• plastic bags

• plastic six-pack holders

• newspapers

Which material would not be dumped in the compost pile?

• vegetable peelings

• leaves

• egg shells

• chicken bones

• small twigs

In an integrated waste management approach to solid waste, which action would be given last priority?

• compost

• reuse

• reduce packaging

• bury

• recycle

For recycling to be successful, three steps must be applied consistently. The three steps, in order of application, are ____.

• collecting recyclables, converting recyclables, and buying/selling recyclables

• buying/selling recyclables, converting recyclables, and collecting recyclables

• collecting recyclables, converting recyclables, and storing recyclables

• buying/selling recyclables, storing recyclables, and converting recyclables

• collecting recyclables, buying/selling recyclables, and storing recyclables

Consumers of recycled products are most effective when they maximize the amount of ____ waste in the products they buy.

• pre-producer

• post-producer

• pre-consumer

• post-consumer

• producer

One characteristic of waste-to-energy incineration is that it ____.

• is inexpensive to build

• produces no hazardous waste

• produces no air pollution

• concentrates hazardous substances into ash

• discourages waste production

Filtration and distillation are ____ methods for detoxifying hazardous waste.

• physical

• chemical

• biological

• natural

• inexpensive

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