Urban Waste

Question 1

What are the 3 types of. waste

Answer 1

Industrial, Commercial and Personal

Question 2

What is industrial waste?

Answer 2

Any waste that’s been produced in the manufacturing process or form industrial activity. Industrial waste can include scrap metal, solvents and chemicals which can be toxic or corrosive

Question 3

What is commercial waste?

Answer 3

Waste that’s produced by businesses. Commercial waste is often food, paper, cardboard and plastics

Question 4

What is personal waste?

Answer 4

Any waste produced by private homes. Including plastic bottles, food packaging, newspapers and food waste

Question 5

What are the 4 largest components of waste

Answer 5

Organic Material, paper, plastic and glass

Question 6

How much of waste is organic waste

Answer 6

46%

Question 7

How much of waste is paper

Answer 7

17%

Question 8

How much of waste is plastic

Answer 8

10%

Question 9

How much of waste is glass

Answer 9

5%

Question 10

What is a waste stream

Answer 10

The flow of waste from its origin through to its eventual disposal

Question 11

What do waste Streams and components depend on

Answer 11

Economic characteristics, Lifestyles, Attitudes,

Question 12

What happens when people get richer

Answer 12

They consume more goods, meaning that developed countries produce more waste

Question 13

What do the components of waste depend on

Answer 13

The development level of the country. Developed. countries. are the main components of paper, organic material and plastic

Question 14

what waste do people in rural areas produce?

Answer 14

Less than those in cities but organic waste and cities produce manufactured waster

Question 15

What are the attitudes of those in developed countries?

Answer 15

Throw-away culture resulting in high waste levels such as when food is out of date

Question 16

What is people’s waste like if they care for the environment?

Answer 16

more likely to reuse or recycle and have a decrease consumption of waste

Question 17

What 7 methods can be used to dispose of waste better for the environment

Answer 17

1) Unregulated
2) Recycling
3) Incineration
4) Recovery
5) Landfill
6) Submergence
7) Trade

Question 18

Explain unregulated

Answer 18

Waste dumped in places that aren’t official disposal sites can damage ecosystems

Question 19

Explain recycling

Answer 19

Waste is reprocessed into new products. recycling reduces the demand for materials decreasing environmental. impacts. It uses less energy to produce so less greenhouse gases. Recycling requires separate collections and new facilities to produce waste

Question 20

Explain incineration

Answer 20

Waste is burnt reducing the amount of waste going to landfill but emits greenhouse gases and cause air pollution. Waste burnt is used to generate electricity reducing fossil fuel use

Question 21

Explain recovery

Answer 21

Uses waste to reduce the amount being sent to landfill meaning fewer natural resources. are exploited and goods are reused

Question 22

Explain landfill

Answer 22

Waste is placed in disused mines, if sites aren’t regulated hazardous chemicals contaminate groundwater,and gases cause air pollution. SOme countries collects for energy production reducing air pollution and use of fossil fuels

Question 23

Explain submergence

Answer 23

Disposing of waste by dumping it is illegal but common, submerged waste releases toxic and radioactive substances damaging oceans and ecosystems

Question 24

Explain. Trade

Answer 24

Waste is bought and sold by countries. Developing countries. may not dispose hazardous waste safely meaning it damages local environments