Waste Management Flashcards
1
Q
Shortage of landfill sites
A
Lots are full already and people don’t like the new ones near where they live
2
Q
Environmental and health concerns
A
People worry that chemicals from the waste will poison groundwater and spread disease
3
Q
They need to meet government targets
A
The EU will fine countries which don’t reach the. By 2020 the uk aims to have less than a third of its waste going to landfill.
4
Q
What is the waste hierarchy
A
Lists ways of dealing with waste from most sustainable to least at the bottom.
5
Q
Name the hierarchy
A
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Dispose
