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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