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| From an ecological and systems perspective, what is composed of nonuseful products of a system? |
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| From an ecological and systems perspective, what is waste composed of? |
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| The noneuseful products of a system. |
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| From what perspective is waste composed of the nonuseful products of a system? |
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| Much of what problem in the United States stems from the attitudes of the "throw-away society" adopted after WWII? |
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| Much the Solid Waste Problem where, stems from the attitudes of the "throw-away society" adopted after WWII? |
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| Much of the Solid Waste problem in the United States stems from the attitudes of what adopted after WWII? |
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| Much of the Solid Waste problem in the United States stems from the attitudes of the "throw-away society" adopted after when? |
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| What diverts materials from the waste stream? |
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| What is the effect of The Three Rs? |
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| They divert materials from the waste stream. |
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| List The 3 Important Ways Of Minimizing Solid Waste Production That Have Lower Energy And Financial Costs Than Recycling? |
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Composting
Source Reduction
Reuse |
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| What Important Way Of Minimizing Solid Waste Production Has A Higher Energy And Financial Cost Than Composting, Source Reduction and Reuse? |
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| Currently, most solid waste in the United States is buried in what? |
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| What entomb the garbage and keep water and air from entering and leachate from escaping? |
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| Contemporary Landfills entomb the garbage and keep what from entering and leachate from escaping? |
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| Contemporary Landfills entomb the garbage and keep water and air from entering and what from escaping? |
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| List 2 major problems in landfills? |
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The potential for toxic leachate to contaminate surrounding waterways.
The generation of methane gas. |
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What are the following?:
The potential for toxic leachate to contaminate surrounding waterways.
The generation of methane gas. |
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| 2 Major Problems In Landfills |
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| What often raises issues of environmental justice? |
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| Siting of Landfills often raises issues of what? |
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| An alternative to landfills. |
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| What is an alternative to landfills? |
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| What is the main benefit of Incineration? |
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| It reduces waste material to roughly one-quarter its original volume. |
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| Incineration reduces waste material to roughly what fraction of its original volume? |
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| What often uses the excess heat produced to generate electricity? |
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| Waste-to-energy Incineration |
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| Waste-to-energy Incineration uses excess heat produced to generate what? |
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| Waste-to-energy Incineration uses excess what produced to generate electricity? |
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| Incineration generates what? |
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| Air Pollution and Ash can contain a high concentration of what? |
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| Air Pollution and Ash can require disposal in a special what? |
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| Hazardous Waste is a special category of material that is especially toxic to what? |
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| Humans and the environment. |
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| What is a special category of material that is especially toxic to what? |
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| List 2 Types Of Hazardous Waste |
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Industrial by-products
Household Items |
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| List 2 Types of Household Item Hazardous Waste |
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| Batteries and Oil Lamps are two examples of what? |
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| Household Item Hazardous Waste |
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| All Hazardous Waste Requires What? |
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| Special Means Of Disposal |
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True or False:
Legislation has been passed to deal with hazardous waste, so no problems remain. |
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True or False:
Legislation has been passed to deal with hazardous waste, but many problems still remain. |
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| What tracks material from cradle to grave? |
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| What does Life-Cycle Analysis Do? |
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| Track Material From Cradle To Grave |
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| What draws on all available treatment methods? |
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| Integrated Waste Management |
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| What does Integrated Waste Management draw on? |
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| All Available Treatment Methods |
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| List 2 Things That Allow Us To Maintain Optimal Decisions Regarding Solid Waste |
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Life Cycle Analysis
Integrated Waste Management |
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| What is the best solution for waste management? |
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| To design products with a strategy for their ultimate reuse or dismantling and recycling. |
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