Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 8

What is the key concept for this section? How has grassroots action led to improved solid and hazardous waste management in the United States? What are three factors that discourage recycling? What are three ways to encourage recycling and reuse? Give three examples of how people are saving or making money through reuse, recycling, and composting. Describe regulation of hazardous wastes at the global level through the Basel Convention and the treaty to control persistent organic pollutants (POPs). What is biomimicry? What is an industrial ecosystem?