Topic 2.2: Waste Mitigation Strategies

Question 1

Waste mitigation strategies

Answer 1

can reduce or eliminate materials directed to landfill

Question 2

Re-use

Answer 2

using the same product again for a different purpose

Question 3

Repair

Answer 3

construction or renewal of any part of an existing structure or device

Question 4

Re-engineering

Answer 4

redesign components or products to improve their characteristics or performance

Question 5

recycle

Answer 5

using waste materials to create other ones

Question 6

recondition

Answer 6

rebuild a products so that it is “as new”

Question 7

dematerialization

Answer 7

reduce the quantities of material

Question 8

Waste reduction and designing out waste

Answer 8

assessment of the effect of a product has on the environment

Question 9

Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Answer 9

technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a products life

Question 10

Strategies of Waste reduction and designing out waste

Answer 10

development of new biofuels, self-decomposing materials

Question 11

Dematerialization

Answer 11

the reduction of total material and energy throughout of any products and service, and thus, the limitation of its environmental impact

Question 12

Product recovery strategies

Answer 12

recycling: using the materials from obsolete products to create other products
Raw material recovery: process of separating the component parts of product to recover the parts of materials
WEE: waste electrical and electronic equipment directive is the european community directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment
Energy recovery: Waste-to-energy or Energy-to-waste is the process of generating electricity from primary treatment to waste

Question 13

Circular economy

Answer 13

economic model in which resources remain in use for as long as possible