Deck 23: Solid and Hazardous Wastes

Question 1

What state has the highest rate of recycling in the United States at 95%?

A) Minnesota
B) Michigan
C) Wisconsin
D) Iowa

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Currently, about 53% of municipal solid waste, as well as wastes from other sources, is disposed of by which method?

A) Landfills
B) Incineration
C) Recycling
D) Composting

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is a special problem because it constitutes such a large proportion of trash, and yet it cannot be recycled indefinitely because the fibers break down?

A) Plastic
B) Glass
C) Aluminum
D) Paper

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Municipal solid wastes include construction and demolition debris, automobile bodies, municipal sludges, and industrial process wastes.

Question 5

Garbage collection has been an important responsibility of the federal government since the late 19^th century.

Question 6

When a landfill has reached its capacity, it is covered with a 2-foot layer of soil which can be used for a park, golf course, or other recreational facility.

Question 7

Sanitary landfills should be created where there is impervious clay soil.

Question 8

In 2017, the average landfill in the Western United States charged less than $40 per ton for tipping.

Question 9

In 2017, the highest average tipping fees for U.S. landfills were in the South.

Question 10

A major contributor to the need for more landfill space is excessive packaging that must be disposed of.

Question 11

In 2015, across the United States, about 50% of municipal solid waste was recycled or composted.

Question 12

A measure of the availability of landfill space is the ____________________, the cost for disposing of a ton of municipal solid waste.

Question 13

_____________________ means that any facility treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste must be granted permission from the EPA or the state.

Question 14

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description
-Made most incinerators illegal

Question 15

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description
-Outlawed dumping into rivers and lakes

Question 16

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description
-Prohibited most ocean dumping

Question 17

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description
-Set standards for sanitary landfills, which have replaced dumps as the most common method of municipal waste disposal

Question 18

whats the occurrence to the appropriate year
-Mexican green onions

Question 19

whats the occurrence to the appropriate year
-Mexican peppers

Question 20

whats the occurrence to the appropriate year
-Guatemalan raspberries

Question 21

whats the occurrence to the appropriate year
-Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers

Question 22

Americans dispose of how much municipal solid waste each year?

A) 120 million tons
B) 260 million tons
C) 380 million tons
D) 540 million tons

Question 23

Which of the following is the biggest drawback of using sanitary landfills as a method of waste disposal?

A) Emits noxious odors
B) Toxic chemicals seep into groundwater
C) Attract disease-carrying vermin
D) Take up a lot of space

Question 24

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requires what type of wastes to be accounted for "from cradle to grave" and there are criminal penalties for those who violate the laws?

A) Municipal Wastes
B) Hazardous Wastes
C) Industrial Wastes
D) Agricultural Wastes

Question 25

Until the 1970s, little attention was paid to what was done with the garbage after it was taken away from residential neighborhoods.

Question 26

Legal disposal of hazardous wastes is expensive and no one knows how much illegal "midnight dumping" may actually go on today.

Question 27

Congress has not reauthorized the corporate taxes to support cleanup under Superfund, but the program continues, paid for by polluters and taxpayers.

Question 28

____________________ includes durable goods, non-durable goods, containers and packaging, food scraps, yard trimmings, and miscellaneous inorganic wastes.

Question 29

The Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island has been closed since March of 2001 except for its use to dispose of debris from ______________________.

Question 30

Love Canal became a great hazard to its residents because it had been built above an abandoned ______________________.

Question 31

Times Beach, Missouri, was contaminated with large amounts of dioxin due to the spraying of ______________________.

Question 32

Former female residents of Love Canal were ______________________ as likely to give birth to infants with a range of deformities.

Question 33

Coal ash contains heavy metals such as arsenic and ______________________.

Question 34

By 2007, the United States produced about ______________________ tons of coal ash.

Question 35

Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal?
-53% of municipal solid wastes as well as wastes from other sources are disposed of with this method

Question 36

Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal?
-Occurs with approximately 34% of municipal solid waste nationwide

Question 37

Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal?
-May be done on an individual or municipal level

Question 38

Whats the appropriate description of the method of disposal?
-NIMBY opposition tends to make finding a site politically difficult and is expensive to build and operate

Question 39

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Requires that all hazardous wastes be accounted for "from cradle to grave"

Question 40

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Provides identification and cleanup of hazardous waste sites

Question 41

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Sets lower standards for sites designated for industrial use which makes cleanup easier but is less acceptable in some communities

Question 42

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Allocated $600 million to facilitate further cleanup of Superfund sites