EXAM 2 Flashcards
The law that suggested some solid waste management programs to help protect land resources
RA 9003
It is the collection, treatment, and disposal of solid material that is discarded because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful
solid waste management
In ancient cities, wastes were thrown onto (blank) where they were left to accumulate
unpaved streets and roadways
It was not until (blank) in Athens that the first known law forbidding this practice was established. At that time a system for waste removal began to evolve in Greece and in the Greek-dominated cities of the eastern Mediterranean
320 BCE
In (blank), property owners were responsible for cleaning the streets fronting their property. Organized waste collection was associated only with state-sponsored events such as parades
ancient Rome
After the fall of Rome, waste collection and municipal sanitation began a decline that lasted throughout the (blank)
Middle Ages
Near the end of the (blank), scavengers were given the task of carting waste to dumps outside city walls
14th century
It was not until (blank) that every city in England was required to have an official scavenger
1714
Toward the end of the (blank) in America, municipal collection of garbage was begun in Boston, New York City
18th century
Improvements in SWM were seen in the latter part of the (blank)
19th century
Water tight garbage cans and sturdier vehicles to collect garbage were introduced in the (blank)
US
A (blank) was installed in England in 1874
refuse incinerator
In the (blank), open dumping and incineration were causing problems in all aspects (i.e. air,
water, land)
mid-20th
This saw the rise of (blank) which were designed and operated in a manner that minimized risks to public health and the
environment
sanitary landfills
New (blank) were designed to recover heat from the waste and installed with air pollution control
incinerators
It is the garbage we produce in our houses, offices, and cities, accounts for a small percentage of total waste by weight, but it is one of our most important challenges in waste management.
municipal solid wastes
It is hard to reuse and recycle because it contains many different kinds of materials, yet it amounts to about 250 million metric tons per year in the United States
municipal solid waste
According to WACS, 56.7% of the wastes comes from (blank) (i.e. kitchen scraps, yard wastes, paper and cardboard, glass bottles, plastic container, sando bags, foils, soiled tissue and diapers, including cleaning agents, batteries, and waste electrical and electronics equipment (WEEE)
residential sources
These are sites where waste is isolated from the environment until it is safe
