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Urban Waste Flashcards

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What is industrial waste?

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Any waste that has been produced in the manufacturing process or from industrial activity.

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What is commercial waste?

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Any waste that is produced by businesses

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What is personal waste?

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Any waste produced by private homes

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What is a waste system?

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The flow of waste from its origin through its disposal

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How much do developed countries produce of waste per person per day?

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2.1kg

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How much do developing countries produce of waste per person per day?

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0.6kg

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What does unregulated waste disposal mean?

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Waste is dumped in places that’s aren’t official disposal sites

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What is recycling?

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Waste is reprocessed into new products

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What is incineration?

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When waste is burnt

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10
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What is recovery of waste?

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Involves using waste instead of new products

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What is landfill?

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Waste placed in disused mines or landfill sites

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What is submergence?

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Dumping waste in oceans

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13
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What is trade waste?

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Waste bought and sold by countries

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14
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What is the issue with treating waste?

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Expensive

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15
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What is waste a huge source of?

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Methane

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16
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What can untreated or uncollected waste lead to?

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Health problems

17
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What are 2 advantages of recycling?

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Less energy used
There is a global market

18
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What are 2 disadvantages of recycling?

A

Labour-intensive
Can be done informally

19
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What are 2 advantages of landfill?

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Proper facilities
Different types of waste accepted

20
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What are 2 disadvantages of landfill?

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Takes up a lot of space
Visual pollution

21
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What are 2 advantages of incineration?

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Can reduce toxicity of waste
Can be used to produce energy

22
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What are 2 disadvantages of incineration?

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Expensive
Air pollution

23
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What is E-Waste?

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Electronic Waste

24
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Why is E-Waste a problem?

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Low income countries don’t have the facilities to treat the hazardous waste.

25
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What happened to the place of Guiyu, China?

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One of the worlds largest e-waste dump sites

26
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Why have international shipments of waste stopped?

A

The Basel convention has been introduced in 2015 to stop it

CONTEMPORARY URBAN ENVIRONMENTS (14 decks)

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