please answer the following questions
- Please define:
- Per capita
- Garbage
- Trash
- Yard Trimmings
- e-waste
- tipping
- Recycle
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Hoist trucks
- Packer trucks
- Landfill
- Leachate
- What is Waste?
- Did you use the word “away” in your definition above? Where is “away”? How do you feel about defining “away” in our century?
- How much waste do we generate per person currently in the US?
- How much waste did we produce per person 20 years ago in the US?
- How did waste generation per capita trend change over the years from 1950 to 2010?
- How much waste per capita is generated currently in Kuwait, Japan, and Italy ?
- How US compares to others in terms of Waste generation per person per day?
- How do you feel about Q7? Would you think of any reasons to explain why we see that difference?
- What is waste composed of? What are the categories, and their percentages in the overall waste generation?
- How do we deal with the waste being generated? What are those ways?
- How much of the waste being generated is recycled, combusted, or landfilled?
- What do you think about the proportion you found out for Q11.
- What is the name of the regulation in place for Solid waste?
- Write down the purpose and the goal of the regulation that governs Solid waste.
- How does EPA define waste?
- What is the current Solid waste collection system in the US? Do you think this is sustainable?
- What other alternative collection systems are in use?
- What is a Landfill? What type of landfill construction types are in use?
- What are the design requirements for Landfills?
- If you were tasked with finding a new location for a landfill, what do you have to consider in your proposal of this new site?