Enviormental science test 3

What is meant by a “throw away society”?

a society that throws things away

What are the problems with Open Dumps?

causes pollution

What is the problem with “unlined” landfills!

unlined landfills can lead to Leachate in the water supply

What are the 2 biggest concerns with landfills?

Leachate and methane gas

List the 4 General Categories of Municipal Solid Waste

house hold, industrial, agricultural, hazardous

What is the largest component in Municipal Solid Waste?

paper

List the 3 areas that have been responsible for changes in the composition of municipal solid waste.

landfill 55%, burn 14%, recycle 31%

What are Leachates?

garbage juice

What problems can be caused by leachates?

group water pollution

What are the 3 Household Variations responsible for the quantities of MSW?

size, income, attitudes, regional

Why is air injected into landfills?

reduces greenhouse gasses

Briefly explain The Garbage Project

William L. Rathje dug through old landfills from 20’s and debunked the biodegrading myths 

Explain Waste to Energy Plants. (WTE)

converts MSW into useable energy

What happens to the resulting ash from WTE plants?

goes to land fill

What is RCRA?

resource conservation recovery act

What is the purpose of NIMBY?

(not in my back yard) to prevent locating things in ones own neighborhood, like dumps and windmills etc.

What is the number one strategy in the management of solid waste?

source reduction

What product constitutes the largest portion of household waste?

organic waste

What is a Tipping Fee?

charge to bury MSW

After completion of the landfill what could the site be used for?

parks, golf courses, ski slopes

What are white goods?

old appliances

What is the top priority in the solid waste management hierarchy?

reduction

Material Recovery Facility (murf)

processing recyclable materials to sell to manufactures as raw materials into new products 

What was the first law adopted in Oregon (1972) to combat littering

bottle bill, refundable deposit on drink containers

What is one of the benefits of Take-back programs?

reduce waste, lowers cost for businesses

What is one benefit of Extended Producer Responsibility?

waste management

methane collection system 

a series of pipes embedded within the landfill to collect the methane gas

3 benefits of recycling

resource conservation, energy conservation, pollution abandonment

MSW means

Municipal solid waste

compost

decomposed organic material

vermicomposting

red worm breakdown non acidic food waste

Americans own approximately ____ electronics per household 

24

electronic burning could be as toxic as?

DDT

what toxin is found in batteries

cadmium

toxic

arsenic, heavy metals, synthetic

igniteble

solvents, oils, paint

WTE means 

Waste to energy plant

times beach Missouri story

dioxin was spread on road to prevent dust

the largest makers of hazardous waste

chemical and allied products

manifest system

one needs to sign off on waste disposal

secure landfills for hazardous waste 

double lined landfills

BIF

Burners, incinerators, furnaces

what’s a deep well injection

when hazardous waste is injected deep in the ground, further than the water wells

environmental racism

waste dumps located in manlily poor or minority neighborhoods

what’s the super fund, cercla

1.6 bill found that cleans abandoned waste

NPL

national priority list

NPL is a?

list of abandon sites that need to be cleaned up

brown fields

grants that will help clean up abandon sites for businesses

the love canal

improper disposal of hazardous waste in an abandoned city project