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Waste Terms Waste Reduction Landfills Hazardous Waste Materials Economy $100 $200 $300 $400 $500
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What is surface impoundment?
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A pond that has a sealed bottom
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What is source reduction?
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Any change in design, manufacture, purchase or use of materials to reduce their amount of toxicity before becoming a solid waste
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What is the term for materials broken down by natural biological processes?
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Biodegradable
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A dark, brown, crumbly material made from decomposed plant matter
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Compost
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The process of removing renewable and non-renewable resources from the Earth
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Extraction
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Most of our trash is made up of this recyclable product.
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Paper Grass clippings/leaves
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Throwing your unwanted/ unfinished food into this helps the environment.
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composter
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This plant has been used to monitor air pollution
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Lichen
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By planting one tree, this many pounds of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere annually
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29 pounds
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The percentage of waste in landfills that could be recycled
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70%
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What is Leachate?
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Water than come in contact with garbage
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Where is the GARBAGE ISLAND located?
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West Pacific Gyre
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What was used to help clean up the BP Oil Spill?
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Bio- remediation
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What type of gas is formed from decaying landfills?
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Methane
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1% of U.S. landfills are filled with this item, which takes 500 years to decompose.
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Disposable Diapers
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Name a Household Hazardous waste
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Paint, gas, air freshener cleaners of any kind
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Name two characteristics of a hazardous waste.
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Toxic chemicals, poisonous, flammable, And Not recyclable
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Where are most hazardous wastes placed?
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In a landfill
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Suppose someone dumped left over motor oil on a driveway. What does it contaminate?
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Air, ground water, soil
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What is the primary concern of mishandled hazardous waste?
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It can make people sick
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What are the five parts of the Materials Economy?
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Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal
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What is the Golden Arrow of Consumption?
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To Shop
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What is perceived obsolesce?
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Marketing to make you want to purchase things you really don’t need---You suck if you don’t have it
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What is planned obsolesce?
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Designed for the Dump
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What is a disadvantage of incinerating waste?
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Toxins in then toxins out in air
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FINAL JEOPARDY
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What does NIMBY stand for?
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Not In My Backyard!
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