Mazier Test

Sanitary landfills typically have problems with

traffic, noise, and dust

Which is the least characteristic of hazardous waste

Conductivity

Which material takes the longest to break down

Plastic bottles

Upcycling is an example of

Reusing

The recycling and composting rate of the US municipal solid waste is about what percent

24%

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%

In an integrated waste management approach to solid waste, which action will be given last priority

Bury

Polluting factories, hazardous waste dumps, incinerators, and landfills in the US are located least in communities populated by

Caucasians

Which material would not be dumped in the compost pile

Chicken bones

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using plasma torch to detoxify hazardous waste

Coal

For recycling to be successful, three steps must be applied consistently. The three steps, in order of application are?

Collecting recyclables, converting recyclables, and buying/selling recyclables

One advantage on materials recovery facility is is that?

Combustible wastes can we burn to generate electricity

One Characteristic of waste to energy incineration is that

Concentrates hazardous substances into ash

Which method is not used to detoxify hazardous and toxic wastes

Crushing and grinding

Which principle about transition to a low waste society is false

Economic growth and free markets reduce waste

Which strategy would be most likely to discourage reuse and recycling

Encourage the shipping of hazardous waste to poor countries

Outputs of hazardous waste can be reduced by relying less on__and more on__

Fossil fuel's; renewable energy

Dry cell bacteria and household pesticides are classified as

Hazardous waste

e-waste can be recycled to extract _

High quality plastics

At the checkout counter and environmentalist is most likely to say

I brought my own bag

A more sustainable approach to hazardous waste management is least likely to involve

Implementing a cap and trade system

Wastes produced by minces farms and industry is called

Industrial solid waste

One advantage of bioremediation over physical and chemical methods of cleaning up hazardous wastes is that

It is cheaper

What is the most common method of storage of hazardous waste used in most countries of the world

Land burial

Waste that includes paper, foodways, cans, bottles, yard waste, class, wood and similar items is called

Municipal solid waste

What is an example of an organic contaminant

Oil

Plastic is made from?

Organic molecules derived from oil and natural gas

Filtration and distillation or____ methods for detoxifying hazardous waste

Physical

Which type of method uses natural or genetically engineered plans to absorb filter and remove contaminants from soil and water

Phytoremediation

Consumers of recycled products are most effective when I maximize the amount of _______waste in the products they buy

Post consumer

The majority of recyclable wastes are

Preconsumer and generated by the users of the producer

Materials that are recycled into products of the same type are undergoing.

Primary recycling

Which activity is the least desirable from an environmental standpoint

Recycling

Of the following methods of dealing with hazardous waste, the most desirable is

Recycling and reusing hazardous waste

Which strategy would be the least effective for industry and communities in their efforts to reduce recoure use, waste and pollution

Redesign landfills

Reusing items over and over provide several advantages. which is not one of these

Reducing bacterial infections

The____is used in the US to regulate hazardous waste

Resource conservation and Recovery aid

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 U.S. not buried or burned is _

Shipped to Asia or Africa

____Are lined pond, pits, or lagoons where liquid hazardous wastes are stored

Surface impoundments

The worlds largest producer of municipal solid waste is

The United States

In the United States most hazardous waste is produced by which industries

The military mining and the chemical industry

One method of biomimicry, in which the waste produced by one manufacture become the raw materials for another manufacturer, is called

The reusability web

Which statement about bottle bills is true

They require a deposit for every bottle purchased, and refund the deposit want to bottle is returned

Garbologist have discovered that trash in landfills is slow to decompose. Why is this?

Trash is compacted so tightly that sunlight water and air are unable to reach it

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

One way to deal with the creation of solid waste 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 waste begins with the question how can we avoid producing so much waste this approach is called

Waste reduction

What is an advantage of deep well disposal of liquid hazardous wastes

Wastes can often be retrieved