Ch 8.3, 8.4 - Human system and resource use

Incinerators

________ are able to burn the waste at high temperatures up to almost 2, 000 degrees celsius.

Ecological Footprint

________ (EF): Human beings have enormous impact on natural environment, and ultimately on each other.

Waste disposal

________ options include landfill, incarceration, recycling, and composting.

maximum number of species

Carrying capacity: ________ or ‘ load that can be sustainably supported by a given area.

Waste

________ is pre- stored to remove materials which could be recycled instead of burned, and to remove incombustible materials as well.

Landfills

________ are the main method of disposal, where it is taken to a site and buried there, and hazardous waste can be buried with everything else and and the initial cost is cheap.

Anaerobic digestion

________ is when biodegradable matter is broken down by microorganisms in the absence of energy.

Recyclable

________: glass, paper, metals, plastics, clothes, batteries.

release of pollutant

Controlling ________: separate waste into different types, legislate about waste separation, educate for waste separation, tax disposable items.

Biodegradable

________: such as food waste, paper, green waste.

Humans

________ use a greater range of resources than any other animal, therefore, measuring human carrying capacity requires more than just understanding what we eat and drink, and the space needed for housing.

Solid Domestic Waste

________ (SDW): or municipal solid waste is the trash, garbage, rubbish from residential and urban areas which we produce.

Waste

________ electronic and electronic equipment: TVs, computers, phones, fridges.

Anaerobic digestion

________ is able to break down waste and produce methane, which is used as fuel and digestate that is used as a fertilizer.

Recycle

________: This waste is converted into reusable material.

Waste

________ electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): is a term from the european community.

Solid Domestic Waste (SDW)

or municipal solid waste is the trash, garbage, rubbish from residential and urban areas which we produce

Biodegradable

such as food waste, paper, green waste

Recyclable

glass, paper, metals, plastics, clothes, batteries

Waste electronic and electronic equipment

TVs, computers, phones, fridges

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

is a term from the european community

The Circular Economy

we find the raw materials or natural capital (take) as we use energy to produce goods (make)

Altering human activity

includes reduction of consumption and composting of food waste

Controlling release of pollutant

separate waste into different types, legislate about waste separation, educate for waste separation, tax disposable items

Clean-up and Restoration of Damages Systems

reclaim landfills, incinerate SDE for energy, collect plastics

Strategies to minimise waste

These can be summarised into the three Rs, reduce, reuse, recycle

Reduce

Means to use fewer resources and to stress Earths resources less

Reuse

This is where the products are used for something other than their original purpose, or they are returned to their manufacturer and used once more

Recycle

This waste is converted into reusable material

Carrying capacity

maximum number of species or ‘load that can be sustainably supported by a given area

Ecological Footprint (EF)

Human beings have enormous impact on natural environment, and ultimately on each other