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