Exam 16: Solid and Hazardous Waste

What variety of hazardous waste does not a have a scientifically and politically acceptable way of disposal?​

​In nature,the waste outputs of one organism become the nutrient inputs of another organism,so that all of the earth's nutrients are endlessly recycled.Applying this concept to industry and manufacturing is called ____.

How much solid waste does the U.S.generate,compared to the rest of the world?​

Starting a business that converts old worn out automobile tires into useful things like shoes is an example of ____________________.​

Which type of waste can a homeowner recycle in their backyard as part of a composting project?​

In the United States,almost two-thirds of all liquid hazardous wastes are ____.​

When the U.S.city of Fort Worth,Texas,instituted a fee-per-bag waste collection program,the proportion of households recycling their trash plummeted from 85% to 21%.​

The most common method of burial is ____________________ where liquid hazardous wastes are pumped under high pressure through a pipe into dry,porous rock formations.​

According to the EPA,all impoundment liners will eventually ____________________.​

____________________ involves using natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb,filter,and remove contaminants from polluted soil and water.​

Explain what the worst-case scenario is when you throw away an old smart phone or computer.​

Discuss how governments can encourage reusing and recycling.​

Perpetual storage should be the last resort for dealing with hazardous wastes.​

Surface ____________________ are lined ponds,pits,or lagoons in which liquid hazardous wastes are stored.​

The Basel Convention was designed to ____.​

An important form of recycling is ____________________,which mimics nature by using bacteria to decompose yard trimmings,vegetable food scraps,and other biodegradable organic wastes into materials than can increase soil fertility.​

Of the two types of dumps utilized for solid waste,open dumps ____.​

Designing a municipal waste processing facility to simulate the processes that nature employs to handle waste from wild animals is an example of an approach called ____________________.​

What are the six strategies that industries and communities have used to reduce resource use,waste,and pollution.​

An ecological industrial method that can be used to mimic nature is to interact with each other is through ____________________,which is where the wastes of one manufacturer become the raw materials for another.This is very similar to food webs in natural ecosystems.​