Apes chapter 21
A disproportionate share of polluting factories, hazardous waste dumps, incinerators, and landfills in the U.S. are located in communities populated by all of the following, except
Caucasians
Which of the following would encourage recycling?
Decreasing taxes on recycled materials
Which of the following principles does not contribute to a transition to a low-waste society?
Economic growth and free markets reduce waste.
In order for an incinerator to be a safe alternative for waste disposal all of the following must be done, except
Find a use for the heat generated.
Waste that includes paper, food wastes, cans, bottles, yard waste, glass, wood, and similar items is called
Municipal solid waste
This establishes cradle-to-the-grave tracking of hazardous waste:
The resource conservation and recovery act
In 1989 an international treaty called the Basel Convention banned developed countries from shipping hazardous waste to developing countries. Which of the following countries has not ratified the treaty?
United States
Which of the following industrialized nations has not signed 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 wastes is to reduce the environmental impact without trying to reduce the amount of waste produced. This is called
Waste management
Which of the following is something each person can do to save resources?
all of these things
In an integrated waste management approach to solid waste, which of the following would be given last priority?
bury
All of the following are means of detoxifying hazardous and toxic wastes, except
crushing and grinding it
The second law of thermodynamics makes it important that which of the following rules is followed for landfills?
don't mix different types of waste you may want to separate later
Which of the following is not a strategy for encouraging reuse and recycling?
encourage the shipping of hazardous waste to poor countries
Industrial biomimicry provides all of the following economic benefits for businesses, except
increases sales of all products regardless of hazardous nature
Which of the following is the most common method of storage of hazardous wastes used in most countries of the world?
land burial
Most municipal solid waste in the United States is disposed of in
landfills
Which of the following methods uses natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb, filter, and remove contaminants from soil and water?
phytoremediation
Consumers of recycled products are most effective when they maximize the amount of ____ waste in the products they buy.
post-consumer
Of the following ways to decrease the landfill volume of packaging material from food and other consumer products, the most energy efficient is
promoting the use of reusable containers for consumer goods
Of the following methods of dealing with hazardous wastes, the most desirable is
recycling and reusing hazardous wastes
Which of the following is not one of the strategies that industry and communities could use to reduce resource use, waste, and pollution?
redesign landfills
The most energy-efficient beverage container on the market is
refillable glass
Taking a refillable coffee cup to the office and using it instead of throwaway cups is an example of ____.
reuse
Much of the e-waste in the United States not buried or burned is
shipped to third world countries such as India or China
Some scientists suggest biodegradable conventional plastics promotes which of the following problems?
throwing away rather than recycling
. Using PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles accomplishes all of the following except
totally eliminates need for recycling
Sanitary landfills typically have problems with
traffic, noise, and dust
One way to deal with the creation of solid wastes begins with the question "how can we avoid producing so much solid waste?" This approach is called
waste reduction