Chapter 13
According to the EPA, US produces ________ of solid waste annually. - correct answer
11 billion tons
What is takes up half of the solid waste produced? - correct answer
Agriculture waste
How much of solid waste is mining related? - correct answer
one third
Waste Stream - correct answer the steady production of
all waste products that humans produce
Open Dumps - correct answer The method of
unregulated dumping of waste siposal in developing countries
Most developed countries______ open dumping - correct answer
Forbid
How much motor oil is dumped into the sewer or soaks into the ground each year in
the US? - correct answer 200 million liters
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - correct answer plastic
debris fields
Gyres - correct answer vast circulating currents driven
by earths rotation
Sanitary Landfills - correct answer Refuse compacted
and covered everyday with a layer of dirt
