DP ESS 7.3 Solid Waste

The cheapest strategy for reducing pollution is ...

• Clean up and restoration of polluted sites once development is complete.

• Altering human activity that produces the pollution.

• Regulating and reducing the pollutants at the point of emission.

• Develop and install technology to reduce pollution to acceptable levels.

On a per person basis, how much more solid domestic waste (SDW) do MEDCs produce than LEDCs?

• Between 2 and 2.5 times

• Between 1 and 1.5 times

• Between 2.5 and 3 times

• Between 1.5 and 2 times

Read the following sentences and answer TRUE or FALSE: Compared to incineration and recycling, composting is the cheapest way to extend the life of a landfill.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Read the following sentences and answer TRUE or FALSE: As a continent, South Asia (the Indian sub-continent) produces more solid domestic waste (SDW) per year than North America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Rank the world's solid domestic waste (SDW) categories from highest to lowest percentage of total SDW produced.
I.   Glass
II.  Paper and cardboard
III. Metal
IV. Plastic
V.  Organic (food, yard and green waste)

• V, IV, III and I

• IV, V, II, III and I

• III, IV, I, II and V

• V, II, IV, I and III

Read the following sentences and answer TRUE or FALSE: The most popular method used to process solid domestic waste (SDW) in MEDCs is incineration or burning it.

• True

• False

How much of the world's total solid domestic waste (SDW) do developed countries (MEDCs) produce?

• a fifth

• half

• a quarter

• a third

An advantage of using landfills to manage solid domestic waste (SDW) is

• it is initially cheap

• it is a safe way to treat toxic waste

• it produces organic rich soils

• it takes up very little space

Which form of solid domestic waste management is not possible for all plastics?

• composting

• incineration

• recycling

• landfill

Which process of reduce, reuse and recycle requires more energy?

• None, they all use similar amounts of energy

• Recycle

• Reuse

• Reduce