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Which of the following is a disadvantage of using a plasma torch to detoxify hazardous waste?
cost
What method is NOT used to detoxify hazardous and toxic wastes?
crushing and grinding
Which material would NOT be dumped in the composite pile?
egg shells
Outputs of hazardous waste can be reduced by relying less on ______ and more on _______.
fossil fuels; renewable energy
ewaste
is the fastest-growing solid waste problem in the United States and in the world
One advantage of bioremediation over physical and chemical methods of cleaning up hazardous waste is that _____________.
it is cheaper
What is the most common method of storage of hazardous waste used in most countries in the world?
land burial
Waste that includes paper, food wastes, cans, bottles, yard waste, glass, wood, and similar items is called ________.
municipal solid waste
composting
natural
What is an example of an organic contaminant?
oil
Plastic is made from _______.
organic molecules derived from oil and natural gas
Dead zones are characterized by lack of ________.
oxygen
Filtration and distillation are ______________ methods for detoxifying hazardous waste.
physical
Which type of method used natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb, filter, and remove contaminants from soil and water?
phytoremeditation
What material take the longest to break down?
plastic bottles
Consumers of recycled products are most effective when they maximize the amount of __________ waste in the products they buy.
post-consumer
The majority of recyclable wastes are _________.
pre-consumer, and generated by users of the product
Materials that are recycled into products of the same type are undergoing _________.
primary recycling
Which activity is LEAST desirable from an environmental standpoint?
recycling
Of the following methods of dealing with hazardous wastes, the MOST desirable is _____________.
recycling and reusing hazardous wastes
Reusing items over and over provides several advantages. What is NOT one of these?
reducing bacterial infections
Taking a refillable coffee cup to the office and using it instead of throwaway cups is an example of __________.
reusing
Much of the e-waste in the United States not buried or burned is ________.
shipped to Asia or Africa
The world's largest producer of municipal solid waste (MSW) is _________.
the United states
In the United States, most hazardous waste is produced in which industries?
the military, mining, and the chemical industry
Sanitary landfills typically have problems with _________.
traffic, noise, and dust
One wat to deal with the creation of solid wastes is to reduce the environmental impact without trying to reduce the amount of waste produced. This is called ______________.
waste management
One way to deal with the creation of solid wastes begins with the question "How can we avois producing so much solid waste?"This approach is called _________.
waste reduction
E-waste can be recycled to extract ___________.
high quality plastics
Upcycling is an example of __________.
reusing
What is an advantage of deep-well disposal of liquid hazardous wastes?
wastes can often be retrieved
Hazardous waste includes radioactive wastes, which need to be stored safely for as long as ________.
240,000 years
What percentage of e-waste components contain materials that could be recycled or reused?
80
What are examples of household and workplace produce types of recyclable materials (five major types)
Aluminium, glass, paper, cardboard, and plastic.
Which straggly would be MOST likely to discourage reuse and recycling?
Encourage the shipping of hazardous waste to poor countries
At the checkout counter an environmentalist is most likely to say, "_________."
I brought my own bag
Which statement about the disadvantages of bottled water is false?
Most plastic bottles are recycled
The ___________ is used in the U.S. to regulate hazardous waste.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Which industrialized nation has refused to sign the International Basel Convention to reduce and/or control movement of hazardous e-waste across international boundaries?
United States
Waste-to-energy -
__________-_____-__________ greenhouse gas one
cradle-to-grave
-__________-_____-__________ laws require companies to take back various consumer products instead of having them put in landfills or incinerated.
In integrated waste management approach to solid waste, which action would be given LAST priority?
bury