NEHA -Chapter 6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What type of things contribute to the mounting mass of unwanted
materials requiring disposal? -
correct answer ✅farms, mines, factories, businesses, institutions
and households
What type of wastes represent the greatest challenge when it
comes to management? -
correct answer ✅municipal wastes
How much nonhazardous solid wastes are generated each year? -
correct answer ✅over 300 million metric tons
How much nonhazardous wastes from households and businesses
are generated alone? -
correct answer ✅nearly 200 of the 300-million metric tons
How much refuse is thrown away daily by every man, woman, and
child in the US? -
correct answer ✅4.3 pounds
What are the two different categories of hazardous waste problems
federal, state and local community leaders are facing across the
,NEHA -Chapter 6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
country? -
correct answer ✅1. how to manage more than 300-million metric
tons of industrial hazardous wastes generated each year, not
including those that are managed illegally
2. what to do about the wastes improperly disposed of years ago
that are only now beginning to make their presence known
Why did Congress enact the Resource Conservation Act (RCRA) in
1976? -
correct answer ✅in an effort to tackle the problem of new
hazardous wastes being generated
What is the major focus at all levels of government and industry? -
correct answer ✅pollution prevention
The national policy for waste management stresses what? -
correct answer ✅the importance of reducing both the amount and
toxicity of waste generated
What does RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
address? -
correct answer ✅the enormous problem of how to safely disposed
, NEHA -Chapter 6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
of the huge volumes of municipal and industrial solid waste
generated nationwide
What three interrelated programs were last amended in 1984? -
correct answer ✅Subtitle D: the solid waste program, Subtitle C:
the hazardous waste program, and Subtitle I: the underground
storage tank program
What is municipal waste? -
correct answer ✅waste generated by residences, commercial
establishments, and institutions
____ and ____ are the single largest portion of household solid
waste -
correct answer ✅paper and paper products
What type of items are also being disposed of in garbage
containers? -
correct answer ✅glass, metal, and plastic containers, clothing
items, food wastes, grass clippings, tree trimmings, and numerous
other items
Answers (Grade A+)
What type of things contribute to the mounting mass of unwanted
materials requiring disposal? -
correct answer ✅farms, mines, factories, businesses, institutions
and households
What type of wastes represent the greatest challenge when it
comes to management? -
correct answer ✅municipal wastes
How much nonhazardous solid wastes are generated each year? -
correct answer ✅over 300 million metric tons
How much nonhazardous wastes from households and businesses
are generated alone? -
correct answer ✅nearly 200 of the 300-million metric tons
How much refuse is thrown away daily by every man, woman, and
child in the US? -
correct answer ✅4.3 pounds
What are the two different categories of hazardous waste problems
federal, state and local community leaders are facing across the
,NEHA -Chapter 6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
country? -
correct answer ✅1. how to manage more than 300-million metric
tons of industrial hazardous wastes generated each year, not
including those that are managed illegally
2. what to do about the wastes improperly disposed of years ago
that are only now beginning to make their presence known
Why did Congress enact the Resource Conservation Act (RCRA) in
1976? -
correct answer ✅in an effort to tackle the problem of new
hazardous wastes being generated
What is the major focus at all levels of government and industry? -
correct answer ✅pollution prevention
The national policy for waste management stresses what? -
correct answer ✅the importance of reducing both the amount and
toxicity of waste generated
What does RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
address? -
correct answer ✅the enormous problem of how to safely disposed
, NEHA -Chapter 6 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
of the huge volumes of municipal and industrial solid waste
generated nationwide
What three interrelated programs were last amended in 1984? -
correct answer ✅Subtitle D: the solid waste program, Subtitle C:
the hazardous waste program, and Subtitle I: the underground
storage tank program
What is municipal waste? -
correct answer ✅waste generated by residences, commercial
establishments, and institutions
____ and ____ are the single largest portion of household solid
waste -
correct answer ✅paper and paper products
What type of items are also being disposed of in garbage
containers? -
correct answer ✅glass, metal, and plastic containers, clothing
items, food wastes, grass clippings, tree trimmings, and numerous
other items
