11.6

Question 0

Using up the Earth’s natural resources in this way cannot continue indefinitely because it is not

Answer 0

Sustainable

Question 1

Waste management is a serious issue because when something is thrown away:

Answer 1

Raw materials, time and energy used to make it are lost

More raw materials, time and energy must be used to make a replacement and the environment must cope with the waste

It is not being valued as a resource

Question 2

What sets out the main options for the management of waste?

Answer 2

The waste hierarchy

Question 3

The waste hierarchy is the primary tool for assessing the

Answer 3

‘Best Practical Environmental Option’ (BPEO) for waste management

Question 4

The BPEO is the option which provides the

Answer 4

Most benefit or least damage to the environment as a whole, at an acceptable cost in both the long and short term

Question 5

The options within the waste hierarchy are presented on a sliding scale with the most sustainable option first and the least sustainable

Answer 5

Last

Question 6

Order of waste hierarchy from best to worst:

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Reduce/waste prevention 
Reuse
Recycle/compost
Energy recovery
Disposal

Question 7

1) waste should be prevented or reduced at

Answer 7

Source

Question 8

2) waste materials should be

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reused

Question 9

3) waste materials should be recycled and

Answer 9

Used as a raw material

Question 10

4) waste that cannot be reused should be used as a

Answer 10

Substitute for non-renewable energy sources

Question 11

5) only waste which cannot be treated in any of the above ways should

Answer 11

Go to the landfill

Question 12

The waste hierarchy has provided a national framework in the UK for the:

Answer 12

Introduction of a landfill tax

Setting of national recycling and recovery targets

Encouragement of energy recovery schemes