Waste Management Final Exam
questions and verified answers
Definition of Waste used by the EU - ANS ✔Waste is a leftover a redolent project
any substance or object which the holder discards, or intends or is required to discard
waste management hierarchy pyramid (overview) - ANS ✔prevention, minimization, reuse,
recycling, energy recovery material recovery, disposal
-avoid landfilling
-top of the pyramid is not under municipalities ability...global industrial scale
waste categories - ANS ✔1. residential
2. commercial
3 . institutional
4. industrial
5.construction/demolition
6. treatment facilities
7. agriculture
waste types (common characteristics) - ANS ✔household waste
garden waste
bulky waste
household hazardous waste
industrial waste
, waste quantities - ANS ✔multiplying character units and time frame: given as net weight or
volume
material fractions
visually identifiable fractions in the waste, can be identified w/ out analysis - ANS ✔paper
plastic
glass
organic
newspaper, magazine
substances - ANS ✔chemicals in the waste, requires analysis to identify, ash, nitrogen, cadmium
zero waste/cradle to cradle - ANS ✔zero waste: no trash, biodegrable and reusing waste. cradle
to cradle design biomimetic approach to industry systems and product design.
closed-loop system
definition of e-waste - ANS ✔discarded electronic or electronic devices, contains toxic materials
problems with e-waste - ANS ✔-data obscurity, different definitions of e-waste, rapid
technology change, market penetration in developing countries, replacement market in
developed countries, high product obsolescence rate, increased demand in the second hand
market, profit driven trans-boundary movement of e-waste
more problems with e-waste - ANS ✔high volumes, toxic design, poor design, lack of regulation
3 international conventions trying to regulate e-waste - ANS ✔Basel Convention, Rotterdam
Convention, Stockholm Convention
questions and verified answers
Definition of Waste used by the EU - ANS ✔Waste is a leftover a redolent project
any substance or object which the holder discards, or intends or is required to discard
waste management hierarchy pyramid (overview) - ANS ✔prevention, minimization, reuse,
recycling, energy recovery material recovery, disposal
-avoid landfilling
-top of the pyramid is not under municipalities ability...global industrial scale
waste categories - ANS ✔1. residential
2. commercial
3 . institutional
4. industrial
5.construction/demolition
6. treatment facilities
7. agriculture
waste types (common characteristics) - ANS ✔household waste
garden waste
bulky waste
household hazardous waste
industrial waste
, waste quantities - ANS ✔multiplying character units and time frame: given as net weight or
volume
material fractions
visually identifiable fractions in the waste, can be identified w/ out analysis - ANS ✔paper
plastic
glass
organic
newspaper, magazine
substances - ANS ✔chemicals in the waste, requires analysis to identify, ash, nitrogen, cadmium
zero waste/cradle to cradle - ANS ✔zero waste: no trash, biodegrable and reusing waste. cradle
to cradle design biomimetic approach to industry systems and product design.
closed-loop system
definition of e-waste - ANS ✔discarded electronic or electronic devices, contains toxic materials
problems with e-waste - ANS ✔-data obscurity, different definitions of e-waste, rapid
technology change, market penetration in developing countries, replacement market in
developed countries, high product obsolescence rate, increased demand in the second hand
market, profit driven trans-boundary movement of e-waste
more problems with e-waste - ANS ✔high volumes, toxic design, poor design, lack of regulation
3 international conventions trying to regulate e-waste - ANS ✔Basel Convention, Rotterdam
Convention, Stockholm Convention
