Chapter 23 Solid & Hazardous Waste

Waste = Food Pollution Prevention Act 1990 Pollution prevention is reducing or eliminating waste at the source by modifying production processes, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, and re-using materials rather than putting them into the waste stream. Under this initiative, EPA focuses on an industry-by- industry approach rather than a pollutant-by-pollutant approach to regulatory policy.

The Three R’s Three goals: 1) Reduce 2) Reuse 3) Recycle

Bottle Bills Michigan 10cents vs 5 cents = Fraud an Smuggling! 97% recycling rate on all beverage containers!

The Problem of Tires Crumb Recycling Incineration Retreads Low Grade Rubber

Those Numbers !

5 Plastic Gyres

Microplastics

Solid Waste Types of Solid Waste

Solid Waste Disposal of Solid Waste

Sanitary Landfills

Problems Associated with Sanitary Landfills 1.Methane gas production 2.Surface & Ground water contamination 3.Traffic 4.Even when closed, considerable cost

Mass Burn Incinerator

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Industrial Composting

Integrated Waste Management

E-Waste 1999 average lifespan of a computer 4-6 years it dropped to less than 2 years. Personal computers contain toxic heavy metals such as barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, zinc, nickel and lead. All regulated by the EPA.

Super Fund Sites Listed Delisted 63 New sites proposed Sites Listed 259 Delisted Sites Listed 375 Delisted 53 New sites proposed

Superfund = abandoned hazardous sites 1. A response to “The Love Canal” 2. Where does the money come from? – Tax expired % parties responsible pay cleanup Those who own the site now and before Those who transported to the site 30% paid for by a tax on polluting companies and or state and federal funds 21 years / 400 million Love Canal Part One Part Two Georgiahttp:// htm#GAhttp:// htm#GA