1. Ch12 Notes #1 Waste

2. Throw it away…  You go to lunch at Hardee’s.  You throw AWAY the left over stuff  Where is away?  Probably a landfill  Does that/ can that affect you negatively in any way?

3.  Solid Waste – any discarded material that is liquid or gas  Junk mail, coffee grounds, paint cans, etc.  Solid waste by Americans has doubled in recent decades  Convenience of one time use products  There is a worldwide increase in waste each year Solid Waste

4. 2 types of waste  Biodegradable  Can be broken down by living things into simpler chemicals that can be consumed by living things  Ex. Newspapers, cotton fiber, leather, etc  Non-biodegradable  Do not break down over time  Ex. Plastics, styrofoam, etc.

5. What we throw away  70% of solid waste is from manufacturing and mining  About 2 percent of solid waste is municipal solid waste  Trash produced by households and businesses  Paper, plastics, metal, and glass  Which is about 200 million tons each year