Waste management hierarchy

Question 1

The ideal waste mgmt hierarchy (SWRRTD)

Answer 1

1. source reduction
2. waste mgmt
3. reuse/freecycle
4. recycle
5. treatment and energy recovery
6. disposal

Question 2

4 basic ways of dealing with waste over human history

Answer 2

1. dump
2. burn
3. recycling
4. waste minimization

Question 3

Timeline of waste mgmt: 1000BC

Answer 3

began to establish permanent settlement, couldn’t just walk away from the waste

Question 4

Timeline of waste mgmt: 400BC

Answer 4

1st municipal dump

Question 5

Timeline of waste mgmt: 200BC

Answer 5

First garbage collection

Question 6

Timeline of waste mgmt: Jerusalem, Palestine etc…

Answer 6

Sheoal was actually a dump

Question 7

Time line of waste mgmt: 2000BC-900AD: mayans

Answer 7

Trampled under foot

Question 8

Europe/USA

Answer 8

Garbage and human waste thrown out the window and on to the street, unaware of germs and disease

Question 9

1388 - England

Answer 9

banned dumping of garb in rivers and ditches

Question 10

1657- new york

Answer 10

no longer allow waste tho be thrown in the streets

Question 11

1400 - paris

Answer 11

Garbage piled out side gates and wall so high it interfered with city defences

Question 12

1800 USA

Answer 12

pigs let loose to eat garbage

Question 13

1834 - west virginia

Answer 13

law protecting killing of vultures

Question 14

1842 - england

Answer 14

Age of sanitation, report linking disease to filthy conditions

Question 15

1866 New York

Answer 15

Banned throwing animals/garbage into the streets

Question 16

1874 – Nottingham england

Answer 16

First incinerator built

Question 17

1880– new york

Answer 17

15 000 horse carcasses removed from the street

Question 18

1885– governors island, NY

Answer 18

1st garbage incinerator in the us

Question 19

1900 – Piggeries

Answer 19

areas where pigs ate garbage

75 pigs = 1 ton per day

Question 20

1900

Answer 20

germ theory, realized garbage was associated with germs

Question 21

1905 – Williamsburg bridge

Answer 21

Bridge lit with energy from garbage incinerator, 1st

Question 22

1959

Answer 22

first guide to sanitary landfills

Question 23

1965 - usa

Answer 23

First federal laws dealing with solid waste management

Question 24

1970

Answer 24

first earth day, EPA created

Question 25

1976

Answer 25

resource conservation and recovery act created

Question 26

Todays issues

Answer 26

1. large volume of diverse nature
2. funding limitations
3. growing urban popns
4. limitations on space
5. public awareness