waste and engergy Flashcards
(14 cards)
what is consumer society?
when waste gets consumed
what is throwaway society
when waste gets thrown away
what is domestic waste
household waste
whats the 3 main types of domestic waste
packaging e-waste white goods
diffrences in waste production by HICs and LICs
HICs produce more waste, e-waste and newspapers
LICs produce less waste, e-waste and glass
why do more countries produce more waste than others
because of the weather and less packaging
how is waste produced locally
green and food bins , mixed cans glass, cardboard and textiles
how can paper be recycled
it gets squeezed and turned into new paper
how can glass bottles be recycled
it gets crushed the melted down
how can aluminium cans be recycled
they get shredded then melted down and turned into steel rings
how is vegetable peelings recycled
compost
how do HICs dispose of diffrent types of waste
packaging- nuclear waste- e-waste-romstic waste
what is advantages of producing and delevloping one renewable and non-renewable resorce
advantage - wind is free and no green house gases
whats the disadvanges of on the loacal and glodal environment of one non-renewable and one renewable recorce
renewable - exspensive to bulid and wont always be windy
non-renewable - its ugly and lots of CO2 emmisions
