Deck 15: Waste and Recycling

Question 1

Municipal solid waste consists mostly of paper waste produced by city government offices.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Sealing waste within a landfill is one type of waste treatment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Sanitary landfill technology prevents waste from accumulating.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A landfill is a long-term storage site but is not a technology for treating or transforming waste.

Question 5

Many city parks are built above former landfills.

Question 6

Leachate is contaminated rainwater or other liquid which picks up pollutants as it moves through a landfill.

Question 7

Methane, produced by organic matter, is relatively harmless in the environment.

Question 8

Incineration reduces the volume of waste, converting it to ash, but the waste does not completely disappear.

Question 9

Incineration is a preferable method of waste treatment because it transforms toxic materials to nontoxic ash.

Question 10

If your company wants to minimize waste, the best first step is a recycling program.

Question 11

Increasing household recycling rates would stop resource depletion.

Question 12

All materials placed in recycling barrels are recycled into other products.

Question 13

Plastic beverage bottles are recycled into plastic for more beverage bottles.

Question 14

Composting helps to reduce the volume of input to the municipal solid waste stream.

Question 15

Compostable bioplastic breaks down quickly in backyard composters.

Question 16

Iron ore is considered a renewable resource.

Question 17

Steel is the most widely recycled material.

Question 18

Modern landfills are called sanitary landfills because

A) they use methods to prevent leaks into surrounding soil and water
B) they use treatment methods to convert wastes into harmless compost
C) they treat waste using methods which kill bacteria
D) once deposited, waste is never touched by humans

Question 19

One of the problems with incineration is

A) ozone
B) urban heat island effect
C) dioxins
D) increased volume

Question 20

Plastic is made primarily from

A) petroleum
B) chemicals
C) composite materials
D) minerals

Question 21

The recycling logo on a plastic container indicates

A) the container is made at least partially from recycled material
B) the material in the container can be recycled
C) the type of plastic used

Question 22

The gas emitted by buried matter in landfills is primarily composed of

A) nitrogen
B) methane
C) dioxins
D) carbon dioxide

Question 23

The Basel Convention is

A) a ban on ozone-depleting chemicals
B) a limit to greenhouse gases, including from landfills
C) a ban on the disposal of toxic chemicals
D) a ban on hazardous waste exports to developing countries

Question 24

The largest volume of waste is in the category of

A) municipal solid waste
B) industrial waste
C) construction and demolition waste
D) hazardous waste