Chapter 23 guided reading
1: What are the reasons why e-waste is not recycled more?
-because of the lack a simple effective small-scale inexpensive way to do it
23.1: The Importance of Resources to Society
1: Define the following:
* Renewable Resources: available to us in a short period of time
* Non-Renewable Resources: available in a long term period
What differentiates renewable and non-renewable resources?
-the avalability in human time framework
2: How many tons of non-fuel minerals does the typical American use per year?
-10 tons of non-renewable
23.2: Materials Management:
What is it?
1: Define Materials Management: has the visionairy environmental goal of sustainability obtaining an using renewable and nonrenewable resouces
2: What are 5 ways that this can be pursued?
-eliminate sudsidies for extracting virgin material such as minerals, oil and timber.
-establish "green building" incentives that encourage the use of recycled-content materials and products on new construction
-assess financial penalties for production that usespoor materials-management practices
-provide financial incentitives for industrial practices and products that benefit thhe environmnet by enhancing sustainability
3: How does the idea of materials management and recycling changing where paper mills
are located?
-before built where timber for paper was located now they are located near cities where large supplies of paper are being recycled
23.3: Mineral Resources
1: When metals are concentrated in such high amounts by geologic processes,
ore deposits are formed.
2: In the Earth’s crust, which element makes up the most % by composition? What is
2nd?
-oxygen, and then silicon
3: How are sedimentary processes and weathering involved in mineral deposits?
it is done natural and is one of the largest non fuel mineral industries
23.4: Figuring Out How Much is Left
1: What is the difference between a mineral resource and a mineral reserve?
-the difference is that resource is just used while reserve is saved for profit
2: Earth’s mineral resources can be divided into which broad categories?
-elements for metal production and technology-building materials-minerals for chemistry industry and for agriculture
3: When the availability of a particular mineral becomes limited, there are four possible
solutions:
1: find more sources
2: recycle and reuse what already has been obtained
3: reduce consumption
4:find a substitute
23.5: Impact of Mineral Development
1: What are some of the environmental impacts of surface mining (open-pit mines)?
-environmental degradation-large: change topography take waste dump in others-sediment pollution-
2: What are some of the social impacts of large scale mining operations?
-they stress on local water, sewage, and soil supply,
3: What can be done to minimize the environmental effects of mining?
4: What are the 3 R’s of waste management?
-reduce, reuse, recycle
23.6: Materials Management and Our Waste
1: Compare “dilute and disperse” to the contemporary method of “concentrate and
contain”
-before factories were put near rivers because they had a lot of benefits, and from that the method concentrate and contain means that we disrupt minerals and cause toxins to escape and cause safety hazards
2: In the next few years, how many U.S. cities will run out of landfill space?
-approximately half the cities
3: What is “NIMBY”?
-where noone wants to live near duping site, " not in my backyard"
4: Describe the concept of “industrial ecology” and how it will be essential in the future.
-zero waste the concept of using everything, it will save many resources and dump we have
5: What is your opinion of “pay as you throw”? Defend your opinion2
-I feel as if its a good idea to have a certain amount of payment for every trashcan a family has
3.7: Integrated Waste Management
1: Define Integrated Waste Management (IWM):
-a set of management that include reuse, source reduction, recycling, composting, landfill and incineration
2: What is waste stream?
-it is the waste produced
3: What is single-stream recycling?
-paper, plastic,glass,and metals are not separated from collection
4: What are some creative ways that industry are encouraging recycling?
-fast food: using less packaging Groceries: recycling of plastic bags
5: How can human waste (night soil) be re-used and recycled? What are some
drawbacks?
-the good things is that is very good for plants but it can also spread infectious diseases
23.8: Municipal Solid-Waste Management
1: Which product comprises the largest percentage of waste dumped in the United States?
Is this surprising?
-paper, yes very surprising because it is something that can be easily fixed
2: Define Composting: (What are the pros and cons?)
-is a biochemical process in which organic materials decompose to a soil like rich material, its hard because organic had to always be separated from inorganic waste
3: What are the pros and cons of incineration?
-may reduce the volume of waste by 75-95% cons: mainteinance and waste supply
4: What is a sanitary landfill and how is it accomplished? How is a sanitary landfill
selected? What things need to be considered?
-is out ned to concentrate and cointain refuse of without creating a nuisance for human health
5: What is environmental justice?
-
6: What is leachate?
-liquid capable of transporting bacterial pollutants
7: How can pollutants enter the environment from sanitary landfills?
-waste in the soil.
-pass trough waste
-runoff
8: What are the federal mandates for sanitary landfills?
-not put near earthquake zones, unstable land, wetlands
9: What are some actions you can take to reduce the waste you generate?
-I can always recycle more and actually buy my food localy, and grow my own food
23.9: Hazardous Waste
1: Where is most of the hazardous waste generated in the U.S.? What are the sources of
hazardous waste in the United States?
-generated east of Mississippi river,electronics, building are destroyed
2: Summarize (in 3-4 sentences) the story of Love Canal.
-This was when a canal was not used for decades but for waste du,mping, schools were built in the near site, and when heavy rain happened chemicals were exposing causing misacriges, and liver problems
23.2: A Closer Look: “e-waste: A Growing Environmental Problem”
1: Summarize the problem with e-waste in the United States
-the computers and electronics we use release toxins when burned and were sending them off the other countries that get hurt by this
.23.10: Hazardous-Waste Legislation
1: What is the purpose of RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)?
-the idea was to issue guidelines and assign responsibilities to those whom manufacture, transport, and dispose hazardous waste
2: What is the purpose of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response,
-defined policies and procedures for the release of hazardous waste into the environment
Compensation and Liability Act)?
23.11: Hazardous-Waste Management: Land Disposal
1: Look at the chart on pg. 541- List the PROS/CONS of each of the Hazard Reduction
Technologies
-
23.13: Ocean Dumping
1: What are some of the ways that ocean pollution has affected ocean life?
-they have been dumping sites for many years for a lot of waste, it kills our animals
2: Why are the marine waters of Europe in trouble?
-urban and agricultural pollutants have raised concentrations of nutrients in seawater blooms are becoming more common (toxic)
3: Why is the microlayer of the ocean considered to be so important?
-it is the basis of the marine food chain
23.14: Pollution Prevention
1: What are the steps of ocean pollution prevention?
-purchasing the proper amount of materials
-better control of materials
-improve engineering
-substituting the toxic materials
23.15: Sustainable Resource Management
1: What is the R to C Ratio- What does it tell us?
-r is known reserves and C is the rate of comsumption
Read: Can We Make Recycling a Financially Viable Industry?
Answer the following:
1: What can be done about the global problem of e-waste? Could more be recycled
safely?
-yes we can recycle more safely and accurately
2: What can be done to assist recycling industries to become more cost-effective?
-we can educate them and actually recycle like it said to do so
3: What are some of the indirect benefits to society and the environment from recycling?
-less money is wasted and put into different things, and use less material to be extracted
4: Define or criticize the contention that if we really want to do something to improve the
environment through reduction of waste, we have to move beyond evaluating benefits of
recycling based simply on the fact that it may cost more than dumping waste in a landfill.
yes we have to move on from that but through time the money wont matter anymore because we will have a better outcome which is a better world
-
5: What are the recycling efforts in your community and university, and how could
improvements be made?
-well at home we always recycle and fill up our blue bin, we try our best to use everything, we have our own garden., and as well as we have a recyling site and thi can be improved by the whole community contributing to it
Summary: Suppose you found that the home you had been living in for 15 years was
located over a buried waste disposal site. What would you do? What kinds of studies
could be done to evaluate the potential problems?
-well first i would search about what type of waste was disposed here and how long it has been there i woudl also search upon what diseases and trouble it will cost
-because of the lack a simple effective small-scale inexpensive way to do it
23.1: The Importance of Resources to Society
1: Define the following:
* Renewable Resources: available to us in a short period of time
* Non-Renewable Resources: available in a long term period
What differentiates renewable and non-renewable resources?
-the avalability in human time framework
2: How many tons of non-fuel minerals does the typical American use per year?
-10 tons of non-renewable
23.2: Materials Management:
What is it?
1: Define Materials Management: has the visionairy environmental goal of sustainability obtaining an using renewable and nonrenewable resouces
2: What are 5 ways that this can be pursued?
-eliminate sudsidies for extracting virgin material such as minerals, oil and timber.
-establish "green building" incentives that encourage the use of recycled-content materials and products on new construction
-assess financial penalties for production that usespoor materials-management practices
-provide financial incentitives for industrial practices and products that benefit thhe environmnet by enhancing sustainability
3: How does the idea of materials management and recycling changing where paper mills
are located?
-before built where timber for paper was located now they are located near cities where large supplies of paper are being recycled
23.3: Mineral Resources
1: When metals are concentrated in such high amounts by geologic processes,
ore deposits are formed.
2: In the Earth’s crust, which element makes up the most % by composition? What is
2nd?
-oxygen, and then silicon
3: How are sedimentary processes and weathering involved in mineral deposits?
it is done natural and is one of the largest non fuel mineral industries
23.4: Figuring Out How Much is Left
1: What is the difference between a mineral resource and a mineral reserve?
-the difference is that resource is just used while reserve is saved for profit
2: Earth’s mineral resources can be divided into which broad categories?
-elements for metal production and technology-building materials-minerals for chemistry industry and for agriculture
3: When the availability of a particular mineral becomes limited, there are four possible
solutions:
1: find more sources
2: recycle and reuse what already has been obtained
3: reduce consumption
4:find a substitute
23.5: Impact of Mineral Development
1: What are some of the environmental impacts of surface mining (open-pit mines)?
-environmental degradation-large: change topography take waste dump in others-sediment pollution-
2: What are some of the social impacts of large scale mining operations?
-they stress on local water, sewage, and soil supply,
3: What can be done to minimize the environmental effects of mining?
4: What are the 3 R’s of waste management?
-reduce, reuse, recycle
23.6: Materials Management and Our Waste
1: Compare “dilute and disperse” to the contemporary method of “concentrate and
contain”
-before factories were put near rivers because they had a lot of benefits, and from that the method concentrate and contain means that we disrupt minerals and cause toxins to escape and cause safety hazards
2: In the next few years, how many U.S. cities will run out of landfill space?
-approximately half the cities
3: What is “NIMBY”?
-where noone wants to live near duping site, " not in my backyard"
4: Describe the concept of “industrial ecology” and how it will be essential in the future.
-zero waste the concept of using everything, it will save many resources and dump we have
5: What is your opinion of “pay as you throw”? Defend your opinion2
-I feel as if its a good idea to have a certain amount of payment for every trashcan a family has
3.7: Integrated Waste Management
1: Define Integrated Waste Management (IWM):
-a set of management that include reuse, source reduction, recycling, composting, landfill and incineration
2: What is waste stream?
-it is the waste produced
3: What is single-stream recycling?
-paper, plastic,glass,and metals are not separated from collection
4: What are some creative ways that industry are encouraging recycling?
-fast food: using less packaging Groceries: recycling of plastic bags
5: How can human waste (night soil) be re-used and recycled? What are some
drawbacks?
-the good things is that is very good for plants but it can also spread infectious diseases
23.8: Municipal Solid-Waste Management
1: Which product comprises the largest percentage of waste dumped in the United States?
Is this surprising?
-paper, yes very surprising because it is something that can be easily fixed
2: Define Composting: (What are the pros and cons?)
-is a biochemical process in which organic materials decompose to a soil like rich material, its hard because organic had to always be separated from inorganic waste
3: What are the pros and cons of incineration?
-may reduce the volume of waste by 75-95% cons: mainteinance and waste supply
4: What is a sanitary landfill and how is it accomplished? How is a sanitary landfill
selected? What things need to be considered?
-is out ned to concentrate and cointain refuse of without creating a nuisance for human health
5: What is environmental justice?
-
6: What is leachate?
-liquid capable of transporting bacterial pollutants
7: How can pollutants enter the environment from sanitary landfills?
-waste in the soil.
-pass trough waste
-runoff
8: What are the federal mandates for sanitary landfills?
-not put near earthquake zones, unstable land, wetlands
9: What are some actions you can take to reduce the waste you generate?
-I can always recycle more and actually buy my food localy, and grow my own food
23.9: Hazardous Waste
1: Where is most of the hazardous waste generated in the U.S.? What are the sources of
hazardous waste in the United States?
-generated east of Mississippi river,electronics, building are destroyed
2: Summarize (in 3-4 sentences) the story of Love Canal.
-This was when a canal was not used for decades but for waste du,mping, schools were built in the near site, and when heavy rain happened chemicals were exposing causing misacriges, and liver problems
23.2: A Closer Look: “e-waste: A Growing Environmental Problem”
1: Summarize the problem with e-waste in the United States
-the computers and electronics we use release toxins when burned and were sending them off the other countries that get hurt by this
.23.10: Hazardous-Waste Legislation
1: What is the purpose of RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)?
-the idea was to issue guidelines and assign responsibilities to those whom manufacture, transport, and dispose hazardous waste
2: What is the purpose of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response,
-defined policies and procedures for the release of hazardous waste into the environment
Compensation and Liability Act)?
23.11: Hazardous-Waste Management: Land Disposal
1: Look at the chart on pg. 541- List the PROS/CONS of each of the Hazard Reduction
Technologies
-
23.13: Ocean Dumping
1: What are some of the ways that ocean pollution has affected ocean life?
-they have been dumping sites for many years for a lot of waste, it kills our animals
2: Why are the marine waters of Europe in trouble?
-urban and agricultural pollutants have raised concentrations of nutrients in seawater blooms are becoming more common (toxic)
3: Why is the microlayer of the ocean considered to be so important?
-it is the basis of the marine food chain
23.14: Pollution Prevention
1: What are the steps of ocean pollution prevention?
-purchasing the proper amount of materials
-better control of materials
-improve engineering
-substituting the toxic materials
23.15: Sustainable Resource Management
1: What is the R to C Ratio- What does it tell us?
-r is known reserves and C is the rate of comsumption
Read: Can We Make Recycling a Financially Viable Industry?
Answer the following:
1: What can be done about the global problem of e-waste? Could more be recycled
safely?
-yes we can recycle more safely and accurately
2: What can be done to assist recycling industries to become more cost-effective?
-we can educate them and actually recycle like it said to do so
3: What are some of the indirect benefits to society and the environment from recycling?
-less money is wasted and put into different things, and use less material to be extracted
4: Define or criticize the contention that if we really want to do something to improve the
environment through reduction of waste, we have to move beyond evaluating benefits of
recycling based simply on the fact that it may cost more than dumping waste in a landfill.
yes we have to move on from that but through time the money wont matter anymore because we will have a better outcome which is a better world
-
5: What are the recycling efforts in your community and university, and how could
improvements be made?
-well at home we always recycle and fill up our blue bin, we try our best to use everything, we have our own garden., and as well as we have a recyling site and thi can be improved by the whole community contributing to it
Summary: Suppose you found that the home you had been living in for 15 years was
located over a buried waste disposal site. What would you do? What kinds of studies
could be done to evaluate the potential problems?
-well first i would search about what type of waste was disposed here and how long it has been there i woudl also search upon what diseases and trouble it will cost