Review

Question 1

Which Federal law specifically deals with cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites

Answer 1

Comprehensive environmental response compensation and liability act of 1980 (CERCLA) or superfund

Question 2

What are common household items that are considered hazardous waste and should not be disposed of in regular trash (ex: batteries)

Answer 2

Corrosive cleaners, fluorescent light bulbs, fuels, mercury, paints, pesticides, pool chlorine, acid, and wood stains

Question 3

why is incineration of solid waste not a good solution

Answer 3

creates air pollution and requires strong environmental controls

Question 4

Why is the primary method of waste disposal in the U.S

Answer 4

landfills

Question 5

What is the most serious immediate problem associated with sanitary landfill

Answer 5

Leachate contamination of ground water

Question 6

What is leachate

Answer 6

What that has percolated through a solid and leached out some of the constituents

Question 7

why are more contaminants leached when solid waste is crushed into small particles and put into contact with water when the particles are large

Answer 7

smaller particles have a larger surface area per unit volume than a larger particle

Question 8

what flammable gas is produced by landfills

Answer 8

methane

Question 9

in the US, and he largest single component of municipal solid waste is

Answer 9

paper products

Question 10

an advantage of recycling aluminum rather than disposing of if islandfills is that aluminum

Answer 10

produced from recycled metal using much less energy that is required for its production from aluminum ore

Question 11

what are the 4 R slurs!

Answer 11

Refuse reduce reuse recycle

Question 12

correctly order the method of solid waste management in terms of energy required recycle reduce reuse

Answer 12

refuse
reduce
reuse
recycle

Question 13

why is trash so slow to decompose in landfills

Answer 13

lack of oxygen and sunlight