Solid Waste Management Overview
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What is the best way to decrease waste generation?

  • Increase the consumption of raw materials
  • Stop the recovery and reuse of waste materials
  • Promote improper disposal of waste
  • Limit the consumption of raw materials (correct)

    • When did the upsurge in solid waste disposal problems start?

  • During the Renaissance period
  • At the onset of the Industrial Revolution (correct)
  • During the Technological Revolution
  • During the Stone Age

    • What was the primary aim of the first urban sanitary laws passed in the UK and U.S.?

  • To improve crop production
  • To prohibit throwing solid wastes into water bodies (correct)
  • To control air pollution
  • To regulate industrial production

    • What toxic elements may leach into water sources from mining waste?

    <p>Arsenic, copper, and other toxic elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why has implementing waste reduction strategies in modern society been challenging?

    <p>Because it's proven to be difficult</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the key impacts of the Industrial Revolution on waste generation?

    <p>Created an upsurge in solid waste disposal problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes?

    <p>Solid Waste Management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method of municipal solid waste disposal was NOT commonly recognized at the beginning of the 20th century?

    <p>Recycling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the author of the first book published on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management in 1906?

    <p>B.Parsons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which city, under the leadership of Mayor La Guardia, was one of the pioneers in sanitary landfilling?

    <p>New York City</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a sanitary landfill?

    <p>An engineered ditch with impermeable lining to limit leaching</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which discipline is NOT part of the interdisciplinary process encompassing solid waste management?

    <p><strong>History</strong></p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is solid waste?

    <p>Hazardous refuse generated from domestic, industrial, commercial, or institutional sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did waste disposal become a problem for early societies?

    <p>Due to the increase in population causing a rise in solid waste generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the 19th century regarding solid waste management?

    <p>It highlighted the importance of proper waste management to prevent diseases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did littering in medieval times contribute to a significant health crisis?

    <p>It resulted in the breeding of rats leading to the bubonic plague epidemic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of world's greenhouse gases are generated in the manufacturing of products that end up in landfills as trash?

    <p>44%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was waste disposal not a problem for primitive societies?

    <p>Because their population was small and did not generate significant amounts of waste</p> Signup and view all the answers

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