Match the term with the correct description. Incineration Any discarded liquid o
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Question
Match the term with the correct description.
Incineration Any discarded liquid or solid that contains substances known to be fatal, toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic to humans or other
life-forms
Refuse-derived fuel Requires 20,000 manufacturing facilities to report annually on releases of more than 300 toxic materials
Mass burn Comprehensive program requiring rigorous testing and management of toxic and hazardous substances
Recycling Everything smaller than major furniture and appliances loaded into furnace
Gasifiers Everything smaller than major furniture and appliances loaded into furnace
Hazardous waste Modified by Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 1984.
RCRA Contaminated properties that have been abandoned or are not being used up to potential because of pollution concerns
Toxic Release Inventory Contaminated properties that have been abandoned or are not being used up to potential because of pollution concerns
TRI)
Brownfields Also known as energy recovery; heat derived from burned refuse is a useful resource
Brownfields Convert biomass (food-soaked paper) to natural gas
CERCLA Refuse is sorted to remove recyclable and unburnable materials
The reprocessing of discarded materials into new, useful products
Explanation / Answer
Hazardous waste - Any discarded liquid or solid that contains substances known to be fatal, toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic to humans or other life-forms
Toxic Release Inventory - Requires 20,000 manufacturing facilities to report annually on releases of more than 300 toxic materials
RCRA - Comprehensive program requiring rigorous testing and management of toxic and hazardous substances
Mass burn - Everything smaller than major furniture and appliances loaded into furnace
Brownfields - Contaminated properties that have been abandoned or are not being used up to potential because of pollution concerns
Gasifiers - Convert biomass (food-soaked paper) to natural gas
Refuse-derived fuel - Refuse is sorted to remove recyclable and unburnable materials
Recycling - The reprocessing of discarded materials into new, useful products
CERCLA - Comprehensive program requiring rigorous testing and management of toxic and hazardous substances