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| Law of Conservation of matter: |
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| states that matter is never created or destroyed |
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| waste that can be broken down by microbes |
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| places where trash-both hazardous and nonhazardous-is simply piled up |
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| water that carries dissolved sustances (often contaminated) that can percolate through soil |
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| Facilities that burn trash at high temperatures |
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| Unwanted computers and other electronic devices such as televisions and cell phones that are discarded |
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| Providing good conditions for the decomposition of biodegradable waste providing a soil-like mulch |
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| Choose NOT to use or buy a product if you can do without it |
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| Make choices that allow you to use less of a resource by, for instance, purchasing durable goods that will last or can be repaired |
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| Use a product more than once for its original purpose or another purpose |
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| Law of conservation of matter |
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| Matter can neither be created nor destroyed; it only changes form. |
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| Any material that humans deem to be unwanted. |
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| capable of being broken down by living organims. |
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| incapable of being broken down undernormal conditions. |
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| Municipal soild waste(MSW) |
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| everyday garbage or trash(soild waste) produced by individuals or small businesses. |
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| places where trash, bothhazardous and nonhazardous, is simply piled up. |
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| waste that is toxic, flammable, corrosive, explosive, or radioactive. |
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| wtaer that carries dissolved substances(often contaminated) that can percolate through soil. |
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| Facilities that burn trash at high temperatures. |
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| providing good conditions for the decomposition of biodegradable waste, producing a soil-like mulch. |
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| industrial parks in which industries are physically positioned near each other for "waste-to-feed" exchanges(the waste of one becomes the raw materials for another). |
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| The first of the waste-reduction "4 R's": Choose NOT to use or buy a product if you can do without it. |
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| The second of the waste-reduction "4 R's": Make choices that allow you to use less of a resource by, for intance, purchasing durable goods that will last or can be repaired |
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| The third of the waste-reduction "4 R's": Use a product more than once for its original purpose or another purpose |
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| The fourth of the waste-reduction "4 R's": reprocessing items to make new products. |
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| Allowing waste to biologically decompose in the presence of oxygen and water (can turn some trash into soil) |
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| Waste that can be broken down by microbes and that can be broken down by chemical and phsyical reactions |
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| Molecules that are chemically stable and don't degrade in normal atmospheric conditions |
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| Act of living in houses, apts, dorms, and small businesses-produces its own stream of trash |
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| Are places where both hazardous and non-hazardous trash is simply piled up (common in undeveloped countires) |
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| Rain water that washes pollutants away from the dump into surrounding areas or soaks it into the ground (contaminated water) |
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| Seal in trash at the top and botton in an attempt to prevent its release into the environment ( more common in developed countries) |
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| Trash is burned in a combustion chamber, which reduces its volume by 80-90%, but pollutes air and water (extremely expensive) |
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| Refers to old electronic devices, such as, phones, computers, and televisions |
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| Where industries are positioned so that they can use each other's waste in the same industrial area |
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| Law of Conservation of Matter |
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| When matter expelled by one organism is taken up by another organism and used again. States that matter is never created nor destroyed; it only changes form. Humans disrupt this by taking matter out of reach of organisms that can use it. |
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| In the U.S., we produce about 243 million tons of household trash per year - twice the per capita amount produced by the European Union and 10 times the amount produced by developing countries. Majority of trash comes from paper, wood, glass, rubber, plastic,etc |
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| Growing Atlantic Garbage Patch |
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| First garbage patch was discovered in 1997 by Capt. Charles Moore. It was hard to determine the size of the patch and whether it was growing or not. Plastic being ingested by sea birds doubled from 1975-1985. Plastic is being mixed into the water column, not surface. |
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| Improper Municipal Waste Disposal |
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| When disposed improperly, chemical waste is deterimental to plant and animal life. Aquatic life is very vulnerable. Sea mammals get tangled in sex-pack rings, swallow plastic, and die from toxins. BPA (in plastic) carcinogen. Plastic also absorbs pollutants (PCBs & DDT) which accumulate in tissures of mariane organisms and move up food chain.interferes with reproductive systems and is a suspected |
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| Reducing Waste - Best Solutions |
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| Use composting on a large scale for organic wastes. Convert garbage into usable energy (ex. Heat produced during incineration-convert into steam energy/electricity). Use of eco-industrial parks. Refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle. All are ways to reduce waste in the U.S. |
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