1. What percentage of children younger than 6 years old in China suffer from lead poisoning due
to e-waste?
2. What are the 2 best and cheapest ways to deal with solid and hazardous waste?
3. Why is it possible for the US to export its e-waste?
4. Does throwing out a cell phone in one country, such as the US, cause people in other countries
to be exposed to chemical waste?
5. How much solid waste is produced by the US yearly? How many times could this waste circle
the Earth?
6. What is perpetual storage? Is it the best way to deal with hazardous waste?
7. What are POP's? How many countries completed a global treaty to try and control it
8. What does Denmark do with its solid waste?
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9. What does the US do with 2/3's of all liquid hazardous waste?
10. What comes from sanitary landfills that can pollute ground water?
11. What materials are in the category of municipal solid waste?
12. What is compost? How would a homeowner do this?
13. How would you classify medical waste?
14. What are the two types of hazardous waste?
15. Which of the following is the fastest source of solid waste: electronics, biological medical,
diapers, food
16. What is it called when industry copies nature?
17. What has been banned in Denmark, Finland and Canada?
18. What is the main reason that hazardous waste is buried?
19. How long does it take for plastic to break down?
20. What is integrated waste management?
21. What was the purpose of the Basal Convention?
22. Which is worse for emitting atmospheric pollution - landfills or waste-to-energy incinerators?