Chapter 21

Question 1

Secondary (open-loop) recycling

Answer 1

Materials converted to other products

Question 2

Pre-Consumer Waste

Answer 2

Internal waste generated in manufacturing process

Question 3

Post-Consumer Waste

Answer 3

External waste generated by product use

Question 4

Integrated hazardous waste management

Answer 4

1. types of ways we are using products
2. what we are flushing down toilets
3. understanding ingredients in products

Question 5

Primary Pollution Prevention

Answer 5

1. Change industrial process to eliminate use of harmful chemicals
2. Use less harmful chemicals
3. Reduce packaging and materials in products

Question 6

Secondary Pollution Prevention

Answer 6

1. Reuse
2. Repair
3. Recycle
4. Compost

Question 7

Waste Management Approaches

Answer 7

1. Treat ways to reduce toxicity
2. Incinerate waste
3. Bury waste in landfills
4. release waste into environment for dispersal of dilution

Question 8

The Machida recycling center and incinerator shows that

Answer 8

Public attitudes are a key to acceptance of waste management facilities

Question 9

The sewage treatment ponds at San Juan, miraflores Peru are

Answer 9

They cost-effective method of controlling waterborne diseases

Question 10

Bill Rathke’s studies of materials in American landfills have shown that

Answer 10

1. Plastics account for a growing share of American trash

2. packaging makes up the bulk of American

Question 11

The wastewater treatment lagoons in Arkada California show that

Answer 11

Biological treatment of human waste can complements conventional sewage treatment

Question 12

Closed-Loop Recycling

Answer 12

Materials recycling into the same thing