Waste Management

Question 1

In the UK on average how much household waste is processed?

Answer 1

517kg

Question 2

How much waste was recycled/composted in 2008, compared to 33% in 2004?

Answer 2

45%

Question 3

What are the main four different waste management methods?

Answer 3

landfill, composting, recycling, energy recovery

Question 4

What is landfill?

Answer 4

waste dumped in old quarries

Question 5

How much does it cost to dispose of 1million tonnes of nappies a year?

Answer 5

£40million

Question 6

What percentage did UK landfill contribute to methane emissions?

Answer 6

36%

Question 7

Is landfill sustainable?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

What are problems with landfill?

Answer 8

running out of space, toxic chemicals leach, its increasingly expensive, unsightly

Question 9

What is composting?

Answer 9

organic waste used for fertilising gardens/farmland

Question 10

What is done with the gases produced from composition?

Answer 10

burnt to generate electricity

Question 11

Whats a negative with the composting plants?

Answer 11

very expensive to set up

Question 12

How much of UK household waste is organic material?

Answer 12

38%

Question 13

Is composting sustainable?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

Why is composting good?

Answer 14

reduces waste going to landfill and creates renewable energy resource

Question 15

Whats are the negatives of recycling?

Answer 15

start up costs high, relies on individuals

Question 16

What are examples of hidden costs which can occur from recycling?

Answer 16

transport, materials for cleaning and processing

Question 17

What are the positives of recycling?

Answer 17

recycling materials uses less energy than making new things, its quicker and cheaper than making from scratch, it reduces demand for raw materials

Question 18

What is the main form of energy recovery?

Answer 18

incineration

Question 19

Whats are the negatives of incineration?

Answer 19

adds CO2 emissions, and releases pollutants

Question 20

What has happened in Sheffield in regards to incinerators?

Answer 20

Energy Recovery Facility provides heat for 140 buildings in city centre and saves 21,000 tones of CO2 a year

Question 21

What is the best way of managing waste?

Answer 21

prevent it

Question 22

What was introduced in regards to plastic bags in 2016?

Answer 22

a 5p charge

Question 23

What are the 4 key aspects to Singapore’s approach to waste?

Answer 23

reduce packaging, separating rubbish and regular waste collection, charges for disposal of waste, incinerator ad electricity generator

Question 24

What was Sinagpore’s waste reduction target, was it achieved?

Answer 24

in 2006 set a target to recycle 60% of waste by 2012, by 2008 it was 56%

Question 25

In Singapore by what % is the volume of waste reduced from incineration?

Answer 25

90%

Question 26

What were the groups involved in Rio Cuarto’s waste collection?

Answer 26

scavenger families, university-based group of engineers, local authority, environment minister, 400 firms in the city, local paper mill