Waste Disposal Flashcards
1
Q
What are the examples of waste disposal?
A
Municipal waste
Sanitary landfills
Burning materials
2
Q
What is in municipal waste?
A
Source reduction (Tiny)
Recycling and composting (small)
Conversion technologies (medium)
Landfilling (Large)
Paradigm shift
Source reduction (large)
Recycling and composting (medium)
Conversion technologies (small)
Landfilling (tiny)
3
Q
Why was the number of landfill shrank from about 6,500 in 1950 to fewer than 1,800 today and then closed?
A
Because:
They full
Could not comply to environmental regulations
Replaced by huge, regional landfills
(also through finding acceptable locations for landfills is a major problem)
4
Q
What are hazardous waste?
A
Household wastes
automotive wastes
industry wastes
pesticides
radioactive wastes
biomedical wastes
