test: wednesday, april 17
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| 13607580775 | love canal | niagara falls, ny canal was used as a landfill for *chemical companies* town covered landfill area and decided to build homes, a school, etc. over it ... *1978:* people noticed rusting drums sticking up above ground. trees began to die, basement began to smell, children got rashes *CERCLA WAS PASSED BECAUSE OF THIS | 0 | |
| 13607665213 | CERCLA | comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act was passed because of the love canal disaster *AKA: SUPERFUND* provides a funded program to clean up hazardous waste from the nation's worst polluted site *funded by government | 1 | |
| 13607684154 | superfund | fund created by congress in 1980 to clean up hazardous waste sites. money for the fund comes from taxing chemical products *AKA: CERCLA* | 2 | |
| 13607686937 | RCRA | 1976 resource conservation and recovery act regulates local landfills sets standards, mandates permitting procedures gives EPA ability to track hazardous waste from "cradle to grave" | 3 | |
| 13607702209 | from "cradle to grave" | tracking waste from its creation to its disposal, cradle to grave monitoring of extremely toxic and hazardous compounds --> came from RCRA | 4 | |
| 13607704726 | landfills | places where waste material is buried and covered with soil waste is partially decomposed by bacteria and compresses under its own weight to take up less space after landfills are capped, they are used as parks or other purposes.. the decomposition that is supposed to occur, doesn't always occur. *clay*: commonly used among landfills because it keeps things like toxic wastes from leeching out (its nonpermeable) | 5 | |
| 13607747532 | types of waste | organic, radioactive, recyclable, soiled, toxic | 6 | |
| 13607752996 | organic waste | *a type of waste* kitchen wastes, veggies, flowers, leaves, fruits typically decomposes within two weeks | 7 | |
| 13607757877 | radioactive waste | *a type of waste* spent fuel rods and smoke detectors are examples of this can take thousands of years to decompose | 8 | |
| 13607769137 | recyclable waste | *a type of waste* paper, glass, metal, some plastics, paper *paper decomposes in 10-30days *glass doesn't decompose *metals take 100-500years to decompose | 9 | |
| 13607775632 | soiled waste | *a type of waste* hospital waste cotton and cloth are good examples: can take 2-5 months to decompose | 10 | |
| 13607780709 | toxic waste | *a type of waste* paints, chemicals, pesticides, and so on can take up to 100 years to decompose | 11 | |
| 13607783933 | primary recycling (closed loop recycling) | a type of recycling also called: closed loop recycling materials such as aluminum are recycled into new products of same type (materials are recycled into new products of the same type) | 12 | |
| 13607799654 | secondary recycling (open loop recycling) | a type of recycling also called: open loop recycling waste materials are converted into different products | 13 | |
| 13607824808 | recyclables | a dumpster of recyclables goes to the recycling plant and they are separated by material paper, plastic, aluminums and metals, etc. | 14 | |
| 13607830587 | composting (with worms) | a process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil, often as fertilizer often uses worms to recycle food scraps raw fruits and veggies are the best for this citric acid is bad (no oranges ^) *avoid composting meats, dairy, and oils because they take more work and much longer to break down* | 15 | |
| 13607832419 | advantages of composting | creates nutrient-rich soil additive adds in water retention cheaper to transport waste to landfill without dense organic material no major toxic issues creates jobs | 16 | |
| 13607844149 | *dis*advantages of composting | public reaction to odor and vermin and insects NIMBY (no one wants it to be near them...) | 17 | |
| 13607852360 | outdoor composting (without worms) | combining organic wastes in proper ratio to create humus (organic component of soil) instead of worms decomposing (indoor), microorganisms found in food breaks down material | 18 | |
| 13607880917 | disposal of wastes | burning, energy recovery, remanufacturing, detoxifying, exporting, open dumping, ocean dumping, recycling, reusing | 19 | |
| 13607887509 | ewaste | refers to discarded, obsolete, or broken electronic devices fastest growing segment of waste contains heavy metals and flame retardants, and should be treated as *hazardous waste* | 20 | |
| 13607893526 | basel convention | 1992 international treaty bans participating countries from shipping hazardous waste to or through other countries without their permission | 21 | |
| 13607925896 | stockholm convention | 2000 regulates the use of 12 widely used persistent organic pollutants (POPs) *POPs can accumulate in fatty tissues of humans and other animals | 22 | |
| 13607931705 | POPs | persistent organic pollutants dirty dozen PCBs dioxins (group of chemicals) furans DDT and 8 other chlorine-containing persistent pesticides ALL TOXIC | 23 | |
| 13607941606 | bhopal disaster | bhopal, india 45 tons of dangerous gas methyl isocyanate escaped from an insecticide plant that was owned by india subsidiary killed thousands immediately survivors suffered from respiratory problems, extreme eye irritations, and/other blindness | 24 | |
| 13607958474 | rocky flats (colorado) | colorado 1952 space was used by government as a manufacturing site for components of nuclear weapons including uranium and plutonium since then, thankfully, the area has been cleaned up and is now home to a variety of plants and animals also now acts as a windpower testing site | 25 | |
| 13607975837 | phytoremediation | using plants to reduce the concentration or toxic effect of contaminants in the environment | 26 | |
| 13607987720 | integrated waste management | a variety of strategies for both waste reduction and waste management |  | 27 |
| 13607994346 | 3 r's | reduce, reuse, recycle *refuse | 28 | |
| 13608254710 | leachate | polluted liquid produced by water passing through buried wastes in a landfill water that has passed through buried wastes in a landfill solution created by liquid passing through layers of waste | 29 | |
| 13608282264 | wet scrubber | fine mists of water vapor trap particulates and convert them to a sludge can remove 98% of SO2 *air runs through a water bath which removes pollutants, causes problem of dirty water. Used in coal fired power plants and waste to energy incinerators. | 30 | |
| 13608384624 | deep-well disposal | liquid hazardous wastes are pumped through a pipe into dry, porous rock formations far beneath aquifers | 31 | |
| 13608389742 | brownfields | abandoned industrial and commercial sites such as factories, junkyards, older landfills, and gas stations not government paid | 32 | |
| 13608394407 | bioremediation | Use of living organisms such as prokaryotes, fungi, or plants to detoxify polluted ecosystems. the biological treatment of hazardous waste by living organisms | 33 |
