SVN3M – Waste Management

Waste Management Unit QuizReview

Crib Sheet:

You will be permitted to use 1 recipe card-sized crib sheet for this test. A scientific calculator may be used. No other aids will be permitted.

Topic / Terms to Define
Facts to Memorize / Ideas to explain
Introduction / - what is waste management?
- what are 4 different methods of waste diversion?
- what are 2 methods of waste disposal?
- what are the 3 basic types of waste? / - What is the difference between waste diversion and waste disposal?
Waste Management Reading Assignment / - what is precycling?
- how much household waste does the average Canadian produce annually?
- how much of our waste is organic matter that can be significantly reduced by composting?
- what is a landfill?
- what is leachate?
- what is biodegradation? What are 2 kinds of biodegradation and explain the difference. / - explain the pros and cons of each form of waste diversion
- explain 2 concerns with landfills
- explain 3 concerns with incinerators or ATT
Recycling / - what are the main steps in the recycling of 1 of the following: aluminum, glass, newspaper, corrugated cardboard or plastic?
- give at least 2 uses for this recycled material
- what are contaminants that affect the recycling of this material? / - give at least 1 reason why recycling the material you have chosen is important (this could be supported by at least 1 interesting fact about the energy saved, the amount of this kind of waste produced, value or markets for this material, etc.)
- why do you think the City of Toronto charges property owners fees for garbage bins (lowest charge for smallest, highest charge for largest) but charges nothing for recycling bins regardless of their size?
E-waste / - what is e-waste or e-garbage?
- what is the Basel Convention?
- what are governments (e.g. the City of Toronto or the province of Ontario) and businesses (e.g. HP) doing about e-wasteand ensuring it is properly disposed of?
- what can individuals do to reduce or properly dispose of e-waste? / - explain why the shipping of e-waste to developing countries for recycling is so prevalent – include reasons from both the points of view of the recycling country (e.g. China) and from the consumer country (e.g. Canada or US)
Organics/green bin program / - aside from food waste, what are 4 other kinds of material that can be put into the green bin?
- what percentage of Toronto’s single-family homes participate in the green bin program?
- what are the major steps that transform curbside organic material into finished compost?
- what is biogas and for what can it be used? what is co-generation? / - explain how the Toronto Green Bin program promotes waste diversion and sustainability rather than waste disposal.
Wastewater / - what is wastewater? What is “greywater”? what is “blackwater”?
- what are “biosolids” (or sludge)?
- what are the main aspects of the following stages of wastewater treatment: preliminary, primary, secondary, final?
- what are the main ways that biosolids are managed in Toronto?

Quiz Date: Friday, May 15

Don’t forget to finish your Personal Garbage Log assignment for Friday, May 15!